faith

I think it's healthy to question one's faith from time to time. I've been reading "The Crone" by Barbara G Walker that some friends gave me. I've only read three chapters so far, but I am amazed at the history of feminism and religion.

For thousands of years, there have been stories about who created our world. I know about Christianity from the Bible. I've read briefly about Hinduism and Buddhism. So many stories about what we need to do to live our best life.

Learning about so many other stories in this book has me wondering. Aren't we all just making up stories to make ourselves feel better and explain things we don't understand? Maybe if they are just made up stories, the atheists are right and life is simply what we see in front of us.

I started thinking about what that would mean for me. I would feel very lonely. I like believing that there is something or some One all around us. When I'm alone and frustrated, angry or sad I do feel like there is someone with me.

Maybe it's only part of my personality or part of my intuition. It's kind of nice to think that somehow I am comforting myself.

Still, I choose to believe we are part of something greater that we can only try to understand. So, I do have strong beliefs though my faith is uncertain.

I hope that you are confident in your faith. Or, if you believe we are only what we see, I hope you find comfort and understanding in other ways.