Doug Pensinger asked:

> So I'm wondering for those of you with a belief system that 
> includes a 
> deity, is any part of the reason you believe in God is that 
> you _can't_ 
> bring yourself to put your faith in humankind?

Sort of, though not in the way you mean.

Let me try and elaborate - I belive in God because I like the idea of
someone having all the answers to all my questions. While that can be
defined as having faith that my fellow humans wouldn't be able to help
me out with that one, it could also be called a lack of faith in
humankind. Personally, I think that is just realism.

The other reason I went back to [sort of] believing was because I felt
like a hypocrite saying 'Heavens', 'God bless you' and other such stuff
when I refused to believe in God.

To go back to the original question, about whether I have faith or not,
I think I do. But it is neither a faith in God [that She is perfect and
has a good, or a halfway decent, plan - She might but she really hasn't
told me anything about it], nor in humanity as a whole. I put my faith
in ideas, and in certain people. That is about it.

Ritu


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