Open I's Blind 2

...Coninuted from above.

An essentialy silent faith may be very strong, but it may very well serve less also. Yet to not be silent we must be able to deal with the evil world around us. An unknowing faith would not be capable while an understood faith can and so it is important to understand and seek reasons or at least be able to back up your own decisions. "But then what of a child’s faith, these words came from Jesus after all?" It did indeed, but I am not arguing against the "faith of a child" I am suggesting we complete the picture of faith. A child contains innocence, hope, trust, vitality, and love. If Jesus wasn't turning a blind eye to the darkness then should we really choose ignorance about our belief? Where in this model of faith is the room for understanding removed? It isn't and so I beg Christians to not use this as their reasoning for a halted understanding.

Maybe this side of our new life is not for everyone. I think that is fair to some degree. What bothers me is the perception that the only route worthwhile is the perception of unreasoned faith. It is no doubt the cornerstone so to speak, very important, but it is not one capable of combating the wiles of this world outside itself (and often it leave the defenses down). A job we are called to be ready for and one that sits waiting for us to approach it. What bugs me more than this is that many Christians mock our own evidences. Be it from peer-pressures or just a poor understanding, they defeat us every bit as much as the churches who have assimilated the theory of evolution and other such secular claims. Get off the fence my friends, we cannot play both sides. If when I do it it is disrespectful to God, then when you do it it is no less such.

Lastly, a faith that understands itself and is ready for the very real opposition is not a lesser "faith" necessarily. No matter what I grow to know, I do not know such a proof as to reveal God by my hands, consequently removing my faith. None exists to my knowledge and even if they did I had already chosen God through faith. If one day the evidences fall short and man finds a proof of Gods non-existence I will fall back to my cornerstone so called reasonless faith in comfort, refusing defeat. However, that has not happened this day nor will it the next. In the meanwhile, evidences (not proofs) are readily available and in fact hard to miss. We all see these things and say "that is Gods work", but why shy away from the understanding of your own words? When you say these things you are correct! Knowing why only sweetens the pot and strengthens the faith, not to mention helps you in sharing.

Well that didn't serve much as of a vent for me... Hope it mattered to someone out there...