What is Faith? There are multiple definitions in the dictionary for faith. My favorite one is "firm belief in something for which there is no proof ". From faith springs Religion, Miracles, Confidence, Love etc. Religion is faith in god, Miracle is faith in something beyond our control, Confidence is faith in oneself, Love is faith in others. When people develop uncritical devotion to their faith it can assumes a darker shade. Faith becomes fanatism. Many lives have been lost right from the crusades to anti-hindi agitation due to soem form of fanatism. What do we need to prevent fanatism? Where should we draw the line?.
I believe that every human being has right to believe what they want to. At the same time we should not expect others to believe in what we believe. This is tolerance. we should learn to co-exist in an environment where everyone can pursue what they believe in. The first place tolerance should start is at home. This could start right from choosing the movie you want to see with your family to deciding on what car to buy. We should learn to adjust to the choices that others make. Tolerance starts building when we expand our social circle. The more we interact with others, we start learning how to be tolerant. At the same time when others question our belief one should have enough confidence in themselves to hold on to it strongly. We should however not be blinded by our faith that we cannot see the faults in it. If these simple(??) rules be followed with faith, the world will be a better place to live in.
PS: Mindframe we seemed to have touched on similar subject. But since we have a different perspective I thought it would be interesting. I swear I did not read yours before I wrote mine.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Got to have Faith. Got to have Tolerance.
Posted by Anonymous at 6:18 PM
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Hmmm Hmmm...:)
Thats a very interesting perspective. As you said, there is a limiting threshold. That threshold, when crossed, will make even the theory of tolerance to be limited as well... Again, it comes back to the law of diminishing returns...:)...
I think, the world would never be a better place to live in. Everyone cannot be equal. Everyone cannot be happy. Everyone cannot succeed. It is the way it is defined. But, everyone could be cognizant of the fact that there are 'others'...
Iamwhatiam,
Yes...WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH in something.If not in GOD, atleast in thyself. I think if you have faith, you can hope for something better. "God helps only those who help themselves". So, having faith might help us work harder towards our goal.
About tolerance, I think people become more tolerant as they grow older. The world is a better place to live in as long as you are happy. It is not necessary that everyone should be happy.Bottomline, every one of us is selfish. People who are supposedly selfless and are always giving and helping others , do it because finally it makes them happy to do it. So, that makes them selfish too.
Maybe, we should not be thinking too much about how to tolerate others. Life is too short and I want to live it as I want and dont want to keep on compromising for others.
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