Ok. So I think I am getting a little tired of making pseudo religious / philosophical statements. I want to say really quick as a disclaimer, that I believe I mentioned somewhere earlier. Don't take anything here too seriously. I like debating all sides of an issue and in order to get these debates out of my head I put them here. Which may or may not be a good idea. (I haven't figured that one out yet.)
I have one question though that has been bugging me and I can't seem to wrap my head around it so if you have any insight for me go ahead and leave me a comment. The question is about faith. For reference the definition for faith via Webster is " firm belief in something for which there is no proof " (There are other definitions I am sure but this one suits my purpose well so we will use it.)
Before I ask the question let me set it up with a little anecdote.
The other day I was hanging out with some friends and the conversation turned towards Mormonism. Now I don't know anything about Mormons and to be brutally honest I don't really care either. (It doesn't seem like a religion with much appeal to me.) The discussion turned towards how you can be a Mormon and believe all the weird stuff that you do. Someone then mentioned (A pastor none the less) "Well if you think about it if you didn't believe what we believe it might seem a little weird as well." My mind started going ding, ding, ding as my point was made without my intervention. The reply to this was "Well, it takes Faith." End of Debate.
For me though this doesn't end the debate. It only muddles things up for me further. For me personally. My faith is that there is a God. That is all I got now. My logic is all right with this stance even though it can't be proven or justified. My mind says that is Faith. For whatever reason my mind is ok with that. I think it is because in the end I have experienced and seen too much not to believe.
Yet, I have questioned my faith. Thus, when I say I took an earnest look at Atheism and feel Agnosticism is probably the most "logical" mindset. It means that I have seen what these mindset bring to the table. I don't think they are evil or wrong necessarily. I just know they are not ways I can live my life.
Back to my story. Now if faith is defined as the belief in what can not be proven, then how are we to say that a Mormon does not have faith. They obviously believe in the unprovable so we can't say they don't have faith. So then in my mind logic has to rush back onto the scene because now we need to make the distinction between which is the right faith. Can you determine the right faith on faith alone? Anyways, for me this is where the case for the one path/religion to God falls apart.
It just seems to me that what Christianity seems to be saying is "Hey look at me I found the right faith." Yet, while I won't claim there is no logical basis for Christianity the evidence just isn't overwhelming. I also think there is some pretty compelling evidence for other religions. If God created one path without overwhelming evidence to that path/faith then how are we to find it?
So my question is this. How does one choose the "right" Faith?
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