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Date: 2007-03-30 12:08 pm (UTC)
Babylon 5!? =Þ

All faith is chosen. Even blind faith is chosen--it's just chosen thoughtlessly. And like many things done thoughtlessly, it can be destructive without the person even noticing. (Because, being thoughtless, they're not even paying attention.)

Having faith in "Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto yourself" is different than having faith in "Kill the unbelievers." Simply because the statements are different. As I said, one chooses their faith. I can have faith in the first because I agree with it.

My faith is mostly based on the Christian Bible. However, do I believe in the ban? That all who do not worship YHWH should be put to death, and their posessions burned? No, I don't. Because regardless of the fact that it's in the Bible, I don't believe that. I choose my belief.

Jesus is quoted as saying, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom." He is also quoted as saying, "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." The first one does not sound right to me. The second one does. Whether both or either were said by Jesus or whether the statements were put in by later editors, I have faith in the second.

The Bible can be taken in terrible ways if one only looks at certain passages, and it can command monstrous actions. But if a book both commands you to "hurt those who disagree" and to "do not hurt others just because they disagree, love them instead," what does a person do? Choosing pain over love is a personal choice, not an aspect of faith.

The highest axiom I have is that "Love is right." I have faith in that above all else, and everything else I believe must conform to that faith. Is that such a bad faith?
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