Believing is like breathing, it's something we do and yet don't think too much about until someone mentions it.


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NoNotice: No niceties. Straight up. Flat out. Just the way I see it. Influenced by imperfection. Rarely waiting to wade in. . . sometimes jumping, rarely pushed.
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I suppose it depends on what level of "belief" is being considered.
For example, if we are talking about a belief in daily life (belief that electricity will be on, belief that the gas station will be open, belief that the car will start, etc), then we don't typically think too much about it.
There are many levels of "belief", and most involve putting some faith in something/someone outside ourselves, in order to fulfill our desires/needs.
To take the discussion to a spiritual level, are Christians to ultimately believe that it is God's grace that allows my car to start in the morning? Does every aspect of my daily life involve a level of "belief", and does that "belief" all lead back to God micromanaging every aspect of my daily life?
Just throwing it out there...
As I wonder out loud. . . why do we try to separate, types of belief as if we would change the process of how we arrived at a belief? Why should the reasons for belief in a chair holding me up when I sit down be arrived at in a different way than belief in whether Jesus existed or not?
Emphasis here in "arrived at in a different way" …. i.e. why do we believe in anything at all. I think the procedure is quite similar. As the impact on our lives increases, so might our effort in finding the dependable answers increase. At least I would hope we would care more whether we should turn on a light switch compared to whether we should jump off a cliff… but maybe that just me ;^)
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