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Sunday, August 30, 2009, 1:09 AM
belief
![]() So school begins it's fourth week soon enough. It's now 12:57 and I'm blogging. I learned something important at school. My lang teacher asked us to write a creation story about what we believe the origin of Earth and its people to be, and why. In my head I was thinking, "This should be easy. I'm Christian. Of course I believe in the bible." But that's when it got complicated. Science and religion. . Yes, I believe with my whole heart and soul that God and Jesus exist and that God created the world. But here's the thing- how can I deny pure logical evidence of science. So I also believe in the Big Bang Theory. How do the two intertwine? How do they mix? There it was, the question I've always asked myself- who am I? what do I believe in? I'm not gonna retype my whole essay, but here's the thing- I can mix the two. I believe that the solar nebula created the universe, but the solar nebula doesn't just come from out of the blue- God put it there. So yes- the two can intertwine with one another. The other thing is this- when my teacher told us about the Native American creation stories, I wanted to laugh. I don't mean to be rude or unintelligent, but I just don't believe that a girl fell through a hole, and animals went in after her to 'pull up the Earth' for her to have a home. Firstly- science and history tells us that the Earth comes before humans. But then I thought about it from another prespective. Let's take someone who is Buddhist for example. Would he/she think that it's weird that Eve literally came from Adam's rib cage? Yeah, probably. And we all know that it's probably impossible for that to happen between two humans. So if we have all this knowledge- why do many Christians believe in this story? What makes it more believable than the Native American stories? Honestly, I don't know. But it's something I've been thinking about. I know what I believe and I know that I can trust what I believe with my heart, soul, and life. But why do I believe what I believe? I really can't answer that. I don't think anyone can. There's no logical or scientific explanation for religion. The only thing I can think of is this- hope. Religion is the lengthy, well-explained, and 'believable' definition of hope. I want everyone to step back and take a look. We as a society accept the religious ways of others- as long as it's a well-known/renounced religion. We never bother to take the beliefs of other cultures seriously. I'm Chinese and I don't even believe some of those Chinese wise-tales. Have you ever wondered how those people view you and your beliefs? Maybe we believe what we believe because of our parents. But my parents aren't Christian. Growing up, I hadn't the slightest idea what religion was. And I don't know when the idea came upon me. I always knew there was a God. But I didn't know his purpose, his history. I thought Jesus was actually someone whose name was pronounced 'hey-zeus.' I think I believe what I believe because it's destined for me- it completes me. I can't be who I am without God. Have hope- believe in something. Things don't just come from nowhere. You are who you are because you believe in something- no matter what it is. |
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