Posted by Snoozin on January 18, 2005, at 12:27:15
In reply to Re: Nikki and Susan » Snoozin, posted by AuntieMel on January 18, 2005, at 12:03:39
> I am often envious of those that have a true book-independent faith. The inward faith that needs no rituals or reinforcement. It must be so comforting.
<<Yes. There was a report recently in Time magazine. Don't know if you saw it or not, but it was on happiness. It said that, if broken down by religion, the happiest people are evangelical Christians and they are apparently very happy. I don't say that to highlight differences between religions, only to show that religion does in fact make people happy.
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> But I have a scientific brain .....
<<I've reconciled things like evolutionism with my concept of God quite easily, and don't think they are contradictory in the least. I thought that would bring me a stronger faith, but it doesn't.> I just need to accept that this peace is 'good enough.'
<<Given so many people don't have peace, I think that's an excellent thing to be grateful for, and in a way it is a validation of God's existence.Regardless of how strong my faith is at any given moment, I have always believed that seeking God is a noble, and in my case, necessary goal.
I wish you, and everyone else, luck in finding the peace and faith they are looking for. :-)
Susan
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