Discovery of Faith

Those that know me or have been reading my site for a while know that I do not have a high regard for organized religion. I have always thought of myself has having lost my "faith". Let's flash back to my childhood shall we?

***Flashing back now***

The story begins with a child raised in a strong Catholic household. The child is forced to go to mass every Sunday since he could remember. Eventually the child just attended these events without even thinking why he was going to church. He went so often that it was just natural. Sort of like an abused housewife that knows no other life so doesn't think twice about the abuse. This was my life. We always went to church so it was just the way things were around my household. My parents were both extremely active in the church and pressed this influence on me. So off I went to do the churchly duties. I was an alter boy (never touched that I can remember) and I was a lecturer (read the bible during mass). I even went "all the way" and was confirmed in the church. For all those non-Catholics out there its equivalent to making Eagle scout for the boy scouts. I was also part of the youth group there. I had plenty of friends there in the church, but we all were in a similar situation. I really don't think anyone there knew why they attended church.

***Flashing forward to present times now***

I just went to a wedding this weekend at my old church. The couple getting married are both extremely active in the church. At the wedding I saw several of these old friends. They were still attending the same church and still somewhat active in the church. Which got me thinking. If I never left for college and experienced religious life other than the catholic religion, I may have still been involved with the Catholic religion like them. I am proud of my openminded thinking and cherish the fact that I did experience other forms of religion (albeit short experiences). I still have a negative feeling regarding organized religions. I think they have this ability to brainwash the masses using fear and naiveness. I hold off on my soapbox for the moment and reserve that for another post.

Okay, so to make a long story short (I know, I know, to late). I always thought of myself as having no faith. You know, no faith in religion. So whenever anyone asked me, "Do you have any faith?". I've always answered "no". As I was laying in bed this morning I realized that I do have a form of faith. It's just not based on religion. I have faith in science. I know it sounds weird but let's look at this a little more deeper.

Faith can be defined as, "Complete trust or confidence in someone or something."

Okay, so I know I don't trust religion. So I have no faith in religion, but I do trust science. I can't explain in detail why my computer works at the molecule level (Well, after some googling I'm sure I could tell you). That's not important. What is important is that I have faith that whatever people smarter than me tell me about science, I blindly believe. I have faith that their intelligence is correct on the matter. Now I don't go believing in everything anyone tells me, but some things I just take for granted as true. Do we really know why the Earth circles the sun? Aren't these man-made rules we live our life by? Physics in a man made set of rules that we created to help us explain scientific discoveries. Would it not be possible for man to bend these rules since we created them? Anyway, my faith in science is what keeps me going. I know it's not much, but it's all I've got right now.