Faith

The title of this blogpost is faith, but I could've interpreted 'What You Believe In' in many ways. There's a lot of things I believe in: having fun, being a good sport, love, and actual religion. Creationism is a tough topic to briefly brush over, but I can give you an idea of what my faith and ideology towards religion are. I had a tough time believing anything with such little faith around my friend circle in high school, we never talked about it nor did we care. I went through a phase where I tried to learn Eastern philosophies and things like Confucianism, Tao, and Buddhism. They weren't for me. I got many good ideas out of them, and they made me feel smarter, but apart from that they were just ideas. Christianity is my go-to when people ask what I believe, but even then there's a hundred denominations and radical branches in every one of those. I've been recently going to a Methodist church, and enjoy the sermons and way they accept just about all walks of life. I still have issues with letting the science of life ruin my belief system, but every time I pick up something by C.S. Lewis or read around Proverbs I turn back into an apologetic. There's a massive amount of evidence that shows how wrong the bible is, and that we did evolve from simple chemicals that somehow constructed single-cell organisms; however, I can't live my life without the idea of an afterlife. Having a faith in something, anything, makes for nicer and fulfilled people. I do enjoy reading about different philosophies, and Kierkegaardian is probably my favorite. The Bible is a system of morals that are truly a godsend (ironic wordplay anyone?) to the human population. However the Bible came to be, I think it's the most widespread form of human law and should be revered even if you think Jesus was a magic hippie. Kids shouldn't grow up without something to look forward to, something to believe in. They should believe they have a place in the galaxy for a reason and must do something with their existence. As we discover more about our universe, I hope that Christianity can stay a prominent belief system, and it melts together with cosmogeny. It is unfortunate that so many wars and bloodshed stems from religion, but there's radicals in every form of ideology. Christianity was just, like, more popular. Dude.