Faith has brought about hope in times of difficulty. It is easy
to overlook the things faith can bring when one does not have a
good experience of it. One possible reason why so many people
dislike religion is due to the sensationalist stands the media and
certain religious people take.
the proof of reason is the things that is able to produce.
law of gravity, law of electromagnetism
look at those cute invention of touch light where you can shake the
torch light or press the button to convert the energy into
light.
Man did not get into the moon by hoping only. It requires knowledge
and reasons of why they think the shuttle can reach there and why
they think the space suit will protect them.
And I did not say reasoning was a bad thing. I was merely
suggesting that there has to be faith in usage of reasoning, since
reasoning itself, in all essence, is unable to be proved. To say
one does not have faith in intangible constructs would be
equivalent to saying one does not believe in anything at all.
Another thing is the sematics of the word faith. It is used in many
context and sometimes used because of it is a popular word.
strictly speaking, the 'faith' used in religious context to why
they think their religion is correct, is not true.
people believe in religion and god because they have not thought
deep enough about life and reality. many people dun think deep
because they are too engross in the career life, family life and
leisure life.
Here, you are generalizing. Not all religious people are shallow
and pious. I think daily about philosophy and religion; in fact,
I'm reading a book right now entitled "The Christian Faith and the
Problem of Evil". It is interesting to see how humans try to make
sense of all that is around them. There is no need to say religious
people are uneducated, or that faith is wrong. We just see things
differently after all. In fact, one of the only areas of study in
this world, where there is only right and wrong is
Mathematics.
its does not seem appealing to think about whether there is god or
not and why atheist say what they say.
Perhaps. But you have to realize that there are plenty of
self-proclaimed "atheists" who try to attack religion at the
slightest whim, for dubious reasons. Religious people who react
strongly do so, because they see what they have expected to see
from what they term 'non-believers'. Is there no room for
moderation even among the religion-less?
