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The Logical VS The Faithful |
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The Faithful
People who are faithful believe in what they believe with the conviction that it is the truth, and any other statements spawned after this belief can contain logic (or not). The Bible, for example, serves as a doctrine for the truth, and all other logical paths are determined from that truth. In essence, once an undeniable faith in the bible exists, everything will make sense to the faithful.
The peace in this form of thinking is that one finds satisfaction in their beliefs, completely. Once a third party truth is assumed to be true, an undeniable peace comes from within for it is wonderful to know the truth. Also, the more well designed this third party truth is, the more re-inforced it is in every day life, thereby strenghtening not only its beliefs, but also a love and a wonderful thanks for the fact that the truth has now been attained.
To know the truth is a blessing, and the peace derived from truly believing this truth is what most "Faithful" individuals seek and attain.
There is mainly one way that an individual becomes faithful: The person must have very little conviction in anything else, but also have a dire need to know the truth. This happens during childhood and also during trials and tribulations that are very emotionally devastating. From these moments it is favourable to grasp a permanent source of hope, and in this case that source is the truth assumed to be an organized religion.
The Logical
Specifically, the logical are people that choose to only believe what is the most likely assumption. Although the true truth can never be truly known in perfectly logical manner, "likely" assumptions can be made to provide a group of doctrines by which to live by.
What differentiates the Logical from the Faithful isn't a lack of faith or logic in either party. It is more specifically a difference at the base of all thoughts, logical or faithful. The difference is that the Logical do not claim to know the truth because the truth can never be known. All that can be known is what is assumed to be the best choice, but there is always doubt and the possiblity of fallacy in these beliefs. This is why a Logical individual will never have the same strength in their spiritual convictions that a Faithful individual will.
In essence, a Logical person is forever in flux. Nothing can be disregarded and very little can be assumed to be 100% true. This yields a highly aware and intelligent individual, but also an individual that will necessarily be more unhappy and less at peace with any question or resolution in life.
The results of this unhappyness can vary from individual to individual. Many of the Faithful were once the Logical but due to necessity adopted the beliefs they did which aided them in overcoming obstacles in their lives that seemed unpassable. All Logical individuals will weaken throughout their lives, and for some of them, these moments become horrifically hopeless.
A comparison...
The Logical will never understand the Faithful, and the Faithful will somewhat understand the Logical. Without an unquestioned belief in a core set of rules and values, a Logical person will find it extremely difficult (almost impossible) to make the assumptions the Faithful will. Any logical statement a Faithful person states will have at its base premises these unquestioned beliefs, specifically from a book such as the bible. Since the Logical do not believe these premises, a logical discussion will eventually always digress to these premises, and the discussion will innevitably degrade to a debate of why one should believe in something such as the Bible.
Depending on how well designed the beliefs the Faithful have adopted, they will likely live a much more relaxed and peaceful life than the Logical. To know the "Truth" is happyness, and to be confused and be doubtful leads to unhappyness. Therefore, those with fewer and weaker convictions are innevitably going to be unhappier.
The Faithful are more logical than the Logical in their beliefs, because they tend to choose a path in life that leads to happyness, not righteousness. The Logical choose a path of confusion over false assumptions, but curse themselves to an unhappy but idealistic existance. |
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