Vol. 22: Faith and Reason

once again, circumstance and experienced has inspired me to write a note. today at church, my pastor was talking about a retired Colonel and he asked my pastor why Christians have faith. that people should go back to the old days of reasoning.

my argument is this: faith and reasoning go hand in hand. think about it this way. u pay attention to science, statistics and all of that. u research and come to ur own conclusions. but my question is: what is a conclusion but having faith that u are correct? what is faith but the conclusion that u come to?

now the only real difference between faith and reasoning is that faith, i think, is taking more of a risk. ur letting go of intellect, science and everything thats telling you not to do something, and listening to ur heart. listening to what u want, not what others tell u u want. and to be perfectly honest, i would choose that over anything else. life is boring if u always play it safe. its boring if u dont get out and experience new things, or think in a different light. its boring if u always do what ur told instead of doing what u want. now granted, its good to take the advice of others, but ultimately, i dont believe anyone can be happy just staying in a single minded nook that others provide their whole lives.

reasoning on the other hand is when u calculate. everything has to be perfect or u wont do it. life isnt perfect. life isnt always the way u want it to be. but its more rewarding if u take a chance just to see what happens instead of not doin it simply because ur scared of the "what if" factor. well for all the intellectuals, my question is if u hate what ifs, what if u regret not doing something. what if, because u got in the way of urself u missed out on a potentially gratifying experience.
and yea. it may not turn out the way u want. the point is u tried. there is no penalty for trying. there is no consequence for taking a chance.

no one is sure of what the future will bring, which is why u take risk. which is why u have faith in others and in urself that the decisions that you make will be good. and if not, just wake up tomorrow and keep it moving. its faith that determines our purpose in life, because facts and statistics are only numbers. theres no real substance other than what u see. so u need faith.

i dont know if my Chronicles of Randomness drive people insane, but i have faith that my friends take interest in me and know that being random is what i do

i dont know if my MILFs offend people (and i really dont care) but i have faith that people will open their minds and consider a different train of thought.

i dont know if writing Always Absolutely Something will get me anywhere, or if it will destroy my dating life outside of ashley. but i have faith that i will spend the rest of my life with her

faith is what drives me daily to do what i do. faith that i woke up for a reason. faith that i missed the bus because it may crash. reasoning is only what drives my intellect. not my life.

but thats just me.

till next time peace, love and eternal jazzyness

iloveyou sweetness.