Another night of thinking about faith and religion.
I was thinking about why people start to follow a certain creed or religion.
1) They really like the ideals and morals of it
2) They've had a "religious experience"
3) They've talked to "God"
4) They need comfort
5) They need guidance
6) They need to have an answer
That last one is the one that really seems to stick with me the most
It seems to me that human nature is that we need to have an answer for everything.
Seriously though, we do.
It's in our blood to have an answer for every little problem that is going on with us
Doctors don't have an obligation to treat a patient, but they do because the patient is asking for their help
"House" is a good example of this.
The whole show is about House and his obsession with figuring out what is wrong with these patients.
He really could care less about them; he just wants to figure out why they're sick and what is causing it.
People need to have an answer.
Why are we here?
The faith fanatics will say, "Because God has a purpose for me"
What purpose is that?
No really. What is it?
What happens when you die?
"I will go to Heaven, for I have been good my whole life."
Really? Do you know that for a fact?
Do you know anyone who has been dead for 10 years, and has come back to life and said, "yeah, there is a Heaven, and it's fantastic?"
Really? Do you?
If you do, I would love to meet them.
It's comforting to know that you're going to Heaven when you die.
But guess what.
You don't know.
You can believe, believe, believe, believe, believe, and believe till your heart is content.
But the sad truth is, you'll actually never know.
And for all of you out there who think you know, you "just know" what happens when you die, I can assure you, you don't know.
How can I be so certain?
Because I don't know. And you do not posses mental powers that I do not.
It's really hard to believe that a man existed about 2,000 years ago when there is no actual scientific proof behind it.
Why are there no bones from Jesus?
"Because he rose to Heaven 3 days after he died."
Cop-Out.
It's so easy to have an answer for everything when you have faith.
I don't have a faith in anything really
I'm not an Atheist; even that is too certain for me.
I can't prove there is a god, but I can't disprove it either.
So I'm stuck in the middle
And if there was a god so almighty and powerful, then why hasn't he given us the cure for cancer?
We can cure almost anything else in the medical world, but cancer (and AIDS for that matter) is something that we just cannot get rid of.
I also noticed that people get really pissed off when we don't have an answer for something
"Why weren't you here when you said you'd be here?"
"I don't know"
Those three little words really get to us.
Maybe they don't really know.
Maybe there was a brain lapse, and the cognitive functions just shut off, causing someone to forget that they were supposed to do something.
We're human
We forget
We screw up
We live
We love
We laugh
We cry
We hurt
We get hurt
We die
It all happens
And really, some things just cannot be explained
If you ask me, I think it's more than OK to not have an answer sometimes
How will we ever know if there is some omnipotent force out there controlling our destinies and our relationships?
My honest answer
I don't know
I was thinking about why people start to follow a certain creed or religion.
1) They really like the ideals and morals of it
2) They've had a "religious experience"
3) They've talked to "God"
4) They need comfort
5) They need guidance
6) They need to have an answer
That last one is the one that really seems to stick with me the most
It seems to me that human nature is that we need to have an answer for everything.
Seriously though, we do.
It's in our blood to have an answer for every little problem that is going on with us
Doctors don't have an obligation to treat a patient, but they do because the patient is asking for their help
"House" is a good example of this.
The whole show is about House and his obsession with figuring out what is wrong with these patients.
He really could care less about them; he just wants to figure out why they're sick and what is causing it.
People need to have an answer.
Why are we here?
The faith fanatics will say, "Because God has a purpose for me"
What purpose is that?
No really. What is it?
What happens when you die?
"I will go to Heaven, for I have been good my whole life."
Really? Do you know that for a fact?
Do you know anyone who has been dead for 10 years, and has come back to life and said, "yeah, there is a Heaven, and it's fantastic?"
Really? Do you?
If you do, I would love to meet them.
It's comforting to know that you're going to Heaven when you die.
But guess what.
You don't know.
You can believe, believe, believe, believe, believe, and believe till your heart is content.
But the sad truth is, you'll actually never know.
And for all of you out there who think you know, you "just know" what happens when you die, I can assure you, you don't know.
How can I be so certain?
Because I don't know. And you do not posses mental powers that I do not.
It's really hard to believe that a man existed about 2,000 years ago when there is no actual scientific proof behind it.
Why are there no bones from Jesus?
"Because he rose to Heaven 3 days after he died."
Cop-Out.
It's so easy to have an answer for everything when you have faith.
I don't have a faith in anything really
I'm not an Atheist; even that is too certain for me.
I can't prove there is a god, but I can't disprove it either.
So I'm stuck in the middle
And if there was a god so almighty and powerful, then why hasn't he given us the cure for cancer?
We can cure almost anything else in the medical world, but cancer (and AIDS for that matter) is something that we just cannot get rid of.
I also noticed that people get really pissed off when we don't have an answer for something
"Why weren't you here when you said you'd be here?"
"I don't know"
Those three little words really get to us.
Maybe they don't really know.
Maybe there was a brain lapse, and the cognitive functions just shut off, causing someone to forget that they were supposed to do something.
We're human
We forget
We screw up
We live
We love
We laugh
We cry
We hurt
We get hurt
We die
It all happens
And really, some things just cannot be explained
If you ask me, I think it's more than OK to not have an answer sometimes
How will we ever know if there is some omnipotent force out there controlling our destinies and our relationships?
My honest answer
I don't know
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