How to Press the Reset Button on Faith

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25. Faith doesn't depend on what the Bible says either.

If Christianity doesn't work for you, so be it. I don't identify as one either. But the tools of the trade, so to speak, are not just Christian ideas. Faith, belief in a god or gods (or higher power, or blind random chance) , writings that range from the sublime to the repugnant, are all concepts laid out before us humans to do with what we will. I'd say, and I think you'd agree, that we humans have made some demonstrably poor choices with them. But that doesn't negate the good people do out of their faith and in the name of their religion. I don't throw away my hammer and saw because I made something with it that fell apart and I can't deny faith or belief because I see them as integral to the human experience. If you have a negative reaction to those words, as it appears you do, who am I or anyone to try and force you to accept them. I assume you have good reason for thinking and feeling the way you do. My observation is that these concepts still play a role in everyone regardless of awareness or understanding and we are free to come to our own understanding of them. And in my opinion, that's all anyone *can* do. Even towing the orthodox line, it's still personal.