Faith...

I am mystified by the duality of Faith. The enigmatic author of Hebrews believed that ,"faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen." This had been stated ad infinitum where it almost qualifies for cliche' status. But do you ever stop to think how terrifying that statement really is? I think it is something that we all too often take for granted. And by "we" i don't simply mean people of "faith". I mean human beings. I am oblivious to the sheer magnitude of faith that would be necessary to step into an automobile every day to and from work. People die in car accidents every day, why not me? I have faith that i will arrive safely, or i would never turn the key.

It is sad that faith has been relegated only to areas of religion or mysticism by those in Academia and constituents of evolutionary and secular humanism. Faith is the most basic element of our everyday lives. The evolutionary biologist must rely on faith to be able to believe what she hopes to be true about her origins and meaning of life. But if you were to describe this process in terms as these, such a person would be deeply offended.

Just as one side cannot truly know if their faith is firmly placed, neither can I. And that is what i mean by terrifying. Just as you cannot prove to me that the reigning theories of Evolution are true, I could not prove my theories on Creation. And that is what scares the hell out of us, that we don't have that certainty, that security.

I believe that is why faith then becomes a palpable substance for all of us. It has to, for we are left with nothing else. We have this innate longing for our hopes to be true. I have a deep longing for a Father GOD who wants to be my Daddy and friend. Conversely, a person from a humanistic mindset might long for they themselves to be the moral compass that guides their decisions and life.

So our faith and belief itself becomes our proof. It sounds circular, and unabashedly it is. For we cannot make that quantum leap to what we want to believe without it. I wish it were more certain than that, but alas those are the governing physics of my life. They are inescapeable.

When it is said that the three greatest things are Faith, Hope & Love. I am grateful that the chief among them is Love. For Love is one thing that us humans can do easily and readily.