BLIND FAITH; BLOG # 170; FEB 13, 2015

LOVE, TRUST AND TRUTH

THE SOAPBOX:

BLIND FAITH AND TRUST ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS. BLIND FAITH IS ACQUIRED THROUGH BRAINWASHING OR UNDUE INFLUENCE. TRUST IS EARNED BY THOSE WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE AND RESPECT.

SOME DEFINITIONS OF FAITH:

1. A strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. 
2. A strongly held belief or theory GIVEN TO US BY OTHERS.

EXAMPLES OF FAITH TAKEN FROM MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY:
> His supporters have accepted his claims with blind faith.
> Our faith in the government has been badly shaken by the recent scandals.
> Lending him the money to start his own business was an act of faith.
> It requires a giant leap of faith for us to believe that she is telling the truth.
> Nothing is more important to her than her faith in God.
> She says that her faith has given her the courage to deal with this tragedy.

LOVE, TRUST AND TRUTH

SOME PEOPLE LIVE WITH BLIND FAITH IN ORDER TO BE STRONG.  

THEIR QUESTIONS GO UNANSWERED BUT THEY SEEM TO GET ALONG.

FOR YOUNG HEARTS ONLY GROWING THESE ANSWERS ARE A MUST.

A LIFE REQUIRES KNOWING,

THERE’S LOTS OF LOVE AND TRUST.

INNOCENT BUT GULLABLE

SOME LIVES ARE FILLED WITH HATRED

JEALOUSY AND SUCH

GREED AND LUST DEPEND ON THEM

SO EVIL IS THEIR CRUTCH

VALUES FADE TO EACH EXCUSE

IS THERE ANY HOPE

TO FOSTER SUCH ABJECT ABUSE

IS A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE

EMPATHY CHARITY AND HONESTY

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE ALL NEED EMPATHY

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE ALL NEED CHARITY

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE ALL NEED HONESTY

HUMBLE HEALTHY HOPEFUL FOLKS

WILL BRING US HARMONY 

SOME NATIONS EVER SEEKING MORE

WHILE OTHERS INTERFERE

SOME MAKE USE OF WEAPONS OF WAR

AND CLAIM TO BE SINCERE

INNOCENTS DIE AND CHILDREN CRY

WHILE NATURE SENDS HER BLIGHT

THE WORLD ROTS ON AND PEACE IS GONE

REPLACED BY FEAR AND SPITE

 

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE NEED INTEGRITY

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE NEED INDUSTRY

WE DON’T NEED A BLIND FAITH

WE ALL NEED FAMILY

HUMBLE HEALTHY HOPEFUL FOLKS

WILL BRING US HARMONY  

TRUTH, TRUST AND LOVE

THE QUOTE:

Faith without doubt leads to moral arrogance, the eternal pratfall of the religiously convinced. —Joe Klein, Time, 17 May 2004

THE QUESTION:  

ARE YOUNG TERRORISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TRULY LOVED?

LAURELS TO:

CHOSE A PERSON THAT YOU WOULD TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE.

THE CLIP: