Faith is the core of my thoughts and actions. I couldn't get up every day if I lost my Faith. Even when everything seems to be at rock-bottom - even me - my Faith is always renewed. I don't really think about my Faith to often, it's just always there. I believe that my Faith gives me - courage, strength, security,optimism, ability to Love, and sometimes even trust another.
Thank you Firespinner for this Topic, it made me hopeful................ Nubin
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faith
Posted on 11/04/09, 07:10 pm
is faith important to you? if it is why? and i dont mean just in beliefs or values it can be in any way such as trust in a person.
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Reply #1 11/05/09 10:02pm
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Reply #2 11/08/09 7:31am
nice response :) thanks -
Reply #3 11/09/09 11:57pm
I think the most important things is to have faith in yourself. In terms of other people I rarely trust anyone, most of my life people to whom I was close to tried to hurt me, so I guess it depends on your life experiences. In terms of religions I think its a mind control mechanism, all religions are perversion of spirituality to keep people in constant state of fear , shame and guilt. -
Reply #4 11/17/09 10:00am
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Reply #5 11/19/09 6:07am
For me, personally, it is hard to find the line between faith and things I want to happen or wish would happen. Looking at my intentions sometimes I see that what is being leaned on as faith by me, is just how I want things to be. I suppose faith gets me started in a direction, but seeing the way things truly are, the faith is no longer needed. Perhaps there is a little faith that holds all things together and, maybe I take that for granted, but maybe I am just not hung up or leaning on it too much either. But I like to try and think along the lines of maybe so.
I think people tend to assign a positive attribute to faith but I think it really might be more of a neutral thing. Like when they say they don't have much faith in people because the people tend to do negative things. But you certainly can have faith in the fact that people tend to do negative things. Similar to trust, people say they can't trust a thief, but certainly you can trust in the fact they are likely to rob you. You can trust a mother bear to attack you if you get between her and her cub. Almost like people only want faith and trust in things that they get something good out of. I think this is where faith and trust really get misunderstood.
Faith and trust, to me, are kinda like an envelope, you hold it in your hand and it has this promise of good or bad news inside. But when you rip it open and read what the letter is really about, you can just throw that envelop away. As far as hope. That to me, is like all that stuff you buy which you never really use. Now our president ran promising hope and I had a hard time understanding that. You give me hope but how in the heck do you use hope? Like people that give lottery tickets as presents. You might just get lucky. They say hope floats. Sitting still with or without hope I seem to be floating just the same. -
Reply #6 11/19/09 11:31am
you know i never thought of it in that way, coz you know alot of people go to me you need to have more faith and im like what does that mean! i need more faith, faith in what? faith in the fact that things are gonna be great, but i might not think that ! but im very willing to have faith in the alternative.. now why is that exactly selective choice and selective attention - we choose what we want out of something so we choose what we want out of faith - yes it is what it is be we select what is significant to us. i guess being aware of both sides is important to have balance, but i dont meet people that often who are so grounded and balanced -
Reply #7 11/23/09 10:54am
I don't take stock in believing that everything is going to be great, just that everything is going to be ok. To me having an expensive car or home and kids with 4.0 grades would be great. But having what I do need is ok. I have all that I need and so much more that I am able to share with others who may have a need. In my book that is ok. I have faith that I will be ok. So yes firespinner I think it does have something to do with what is significant to us. -
Reply #8 11/24/09 12:44am
Fire?? a great thought. l'm faithful, Catholic & disabled. Life is a paradox. I trust in God to give me what l need but what l think l need & what He thinks dont often align. Concretely, l know l feel good when l have the opportunity to help someone. I also aint going into a 7-11 late @ nite when there is a crowd of older teens outside. & misred can bother my train of thought w/that avatar :) j/k
God Bless
Nubin, love ur goatee!! -
Reply #9 11/24/09 10:29am
That's right chip, I sometimes think I need something but in the end it wasn't what I truly needed. I just let go of wanting and have faith that my true needs will be provided for. All that I have comes from a higher power greater than me. What I need to do in order to keep it coming will be put in my path towards achieving it. I just need to be open to receiving that guidance.
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