Religion and Faith


Is blind faith something we should all aspire to? Quite frankly, I don’t know. Today there are so many religions, beliefs, thoughts and a myriad of convenient religious following. Yes, that’s right I said convenient. Why would I use such a term? That’s very simple. It’s the blatant truth and sometimes that shock makes us go into complete denial like it never happened. Save it.

Faith is something we all have whether its in a higher power, our luck, or who knows what one believes to soothe their soul. I m going to be frank in saying that lately there have been more “pop-theology” than ever before. Pop theology meaning just that. Invented beliefs and more so convenient beliefs for those that say they believe but only if it is convenient to them.

No religion is perfect, however, its not meant to be. If faith were that easy, wouldn’t everyone be on it and believing? Of course. But faith is just that…a complex, mixed bag of emotions and questions about ourselves and our faith and what it is that brings us there.  We are not supposed to be sheep and follow blindly. Quite the opposite. We should have passion and eloquence to question, argue, and search within ourselves and our faith. We don’t get to pick and choose which aspects we like and will follow within our religion and which ones we will bend or change or drop. That is how pop theology starts and it doesn’t mean you have faith. That simply means you are a conceited, self-absorbed asshole who could care less about faith and religion but rather how to be an asshole and twist the Bible and your faith to accommodate that.

Religion by definition is merely a belief in and worship of a higher controlling power. It does not by any means dictate what that higher power is or what his/hers/their desires are. So, what does that tell us? That merely we all believe in something greater. The term “we” collectively does not mean everyone MUST believe the same thing. Faith at its truest is a personal relationship/bond with whatever it is one believes in. That is your individual and spiritual context within your own believe. You cannot spread that to anyone else. Religion and faith should never be  one size fit all.

Deciding who we are as individuals and where we stand in our faith should be personal and passionate on a spiritual level. Keep it sacred as it should be.

“If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.”  James 1:26

 

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