damian + turion

[270508] faith is believing in things when your common sense tells you not to

how far would you let your faith dictate your life?

Is faith that important in our lives?

what does faith mean to you?

Is it even necessary?

Take a minute to think through and answer them. Personally, i'm an atheist. neither proud nor shameful of the fact. I just am. It wasnt always this way, i used to be a catholic (a nonpracticing catholic as i liked to refer to my faith at times until i figured that i hardly believed in what they preach), how in the world did i get myself baptized and confirmed confuses me and i guess will remain a mystery. The problem i see it is that there wasnt anyone guiding me along the 'enlightened' path to 'God' and i fell along the way. No big deal as I see it but it does pisses the hell out of me whenever i encounter one of those zealous kind of followers.

You know the kind when they gasp aloud and shake their heads in disbelief if you tell them that you're either not a follower and god forbids, AN ATHEIST. They look ready to splash holy water on you and perform an exorcism of sorts. Chill out, you have your faith and your beliefs, i say good for you. Now leave the rest of us mortals alone and dream about your heavenly passage ya?

It just got me thinking, does faith play a big role in a relationship? My brother who used to be a free thinker became a catholic because his future bride was a catholic. So at the grand age of 35, he proceeded to attend bible classes, get baptized and confirmed all in the name of love and spiritual bonding. Taking and making his vows in the house of god proclaiming his love and eternal promise to love, treasure and honour his wife and SWEARING (something along those lines) to raise his children as catholics.

Is all that even necessary? I've never been a person of faith so the very notion and idea of me converting to a religion for the sake of love and marriage annoys me slightly. If love is all conquering, why is it that one side has to make a compromise and be converted? likewise, this can be said to be selfish on the part of the partner that refuses to convert but this statement is a double edged sword so what can be said?

Would religion give a marriage more stability? Hardly the case seeing all the vows taken and made in the church, mosque, temple or whatever places of religious worship are as fragile as glass these days just by looking at the ever increasing divorce rates. Would religion make a marriage more legitimate? ROM registers your marriage, the gah men recognizes you as husband and wife. how much more legitimacy do you need?

Think i'll just find me a nice free thinker or atheist for a gal.

saves me all the troubles and headaches.

God bless.

"As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened that we just can't"

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