An Old Subject of Interest

Located a new blog, well, new to me, today after doing the Technorati link thing.  The blog is called Somewhere Over the Rainbough and the post of interest, to me anyway, is titled “The Pitfalls of Faith" which is somewhat related to my post the other day titled “A Slight Disagreement," a short post where I critiqued Rand’s lecture "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World."

The poster, Rainbough, previously was a believer in God, but now tends to atheism.  The conclusion of Rainbough’s post.

"I would not call faith “blindfolded fear,” though I think that for many that is effectively what faith has become. Those rational christians whom I respect and would consider friends and collegues do not hold their faith due to fear, nor would they refuse to question their beliefs out of fear; but because questioning them would seem to be contrary to the nature of faith. I do not call on them to question the existence of God, but rather to question the interpretations of their beliefs, and of the teachings of Jesus that they have adopted. I do not think that such a thing is contrary to the nature of faith, nor that it would weaken it, but rather that it would lead you to broadening your horizons about the depth of meaning within the christian ideas, the diversity of ideas, and to a better understanding of the true meaning of Christ’s work and teachings. If you find that you have adopted ideas that are undermining your own life and efforts which were never professed by Christ nor by the ancient Israelites, then such an exploration would only serve to enhance your faith and your relationship with God. If there is a God (and I do not suspect their is) then it follows that it was he who gave you a brain, and a mind; surely he meant for you to use them. If not in the exploration of the ideas you profess to believe in, if not for the purpose of broadening your own understanding, and strengthening your faith, then for what?"

I cannot argue with that.

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