There's too much blind faith in the world. We believe too much in things we hear, hardly any of us bother to verify its authenticity. We dun dare question because we accept things as they are. We are fearful of punishment, chiding or being termed a rebel. We tell ourselves to believe in something because our mothers, teachers, friends say so and because we can "feel" that "something". We believe what the "higher authoritative figures" tells, teaches and wants us to believe. We ignore contradictions, obvious nonsense, logic in pursue of this "greater good". This story has been told to many of my friends... Once on Ripley's Believe it or not, they were featuring a particular tribe in South America. The people of this tribe had an unusual custom. They'd cut off one finger everytime someone in their family enters mortality. They believe that they must suffer pain so that their deceased can go to a better place. I hope you get my drift. There are so many things in our lives that are in need of being questioned, but they are not. When we just accept things as they are, it reinforces that idea/belief in our minds. Over time, we end up falling deeper into this trap, we cannot not believe in it anymore, it becomes part of us. This post is not meant to ask any of you to stop believing in your gods or the health benefits of bird's nest. This is just my personal opinion on my life and the countless beliefs of people around me. Hope you'd have enjoyed reading this. Savant at 9/13/2003 02:38:00 pm ;
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