Ever considered how big of a part your faith plays in your life? Does it affect the outcome of situations? A bigger question, does it affect your decision making. I like what Gandhi says: Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. That statement really says a lot. Consider it. Is it a contradictory statement? Well yes and know if you ask me. Yes in the way that, your decisions will affect the lives of people. A great example of that is the movie Sliding Doors. It shows you just how much a single event plays in your life. An excellent film by the way. But it’s not contradictory in the fact that what you do day by day won’t make differences in how you view things, due to the simple fact that we usually don’t consider alternate outcomes, because who has the time?

But back on topic, does religion/spirituality/faith play a part? I would love to say yes. I would love to sit here and tell you that everything I do, every decision I make, is because I’m a Christian, and because it’s what I know I should do, but you know what? That would be a lie. I’m not proud of that, but it’s the truth. To live like we should would require so much more of us. All of our money would go to churches, we would be evangelists, preachers, or missionaries. Or maybe that’s just a way of making excuses, just as we all do a lot. I experienced something over the holidays that made me think a lot. There is a particular person, that is possibly one of the most devout Christians that I know, that more or less, amazed me. So therefore there is a conflict. To be Christian, is to be moral. Look at the Ten Commandments. Jesus basically said, and this is paraphrasing, but he said that to get into Heaven, all one must do is keep the Ten Commandments. Do most moral people do that? I think so. For those that may not ever be able to hear about God, well you know I just don’t know. I can’t answer that, nor can I understand it. There are times that I wish I could, but then again, if we could understand everything, we would be God. There are times that I wonder a lot. I used to a lot more. Times that I wonder why my prayers weren’t answered. But I came to realize something over last summer, it’s that God’s will may conflict with what you are praying for. I believe that praying for God’s will to come true is the best prayer a person can say. That’s all there is to it. Of course this is just my opinion, and isn’t necessarily right or wrong, it’s just what I believe. It’s all void if you don’t believe Christianity. And I don’t say that in a condescending way. Religion is chosen, and I think logical facts and reasoning should be used when deciding what religion you intend to be. Nothing should be forced on us, and no one should say they are more right than others. You know that’s an issue I have with religion. Every single religion thinks they are right over the others. Even civil wars within denominations of Christianity! Give me a break. Aren’t we all serving the same God? So why does it matter if Bob the Methodist wants to go to the liquor store, and Sam the Baptist sees him do it and convicts him. That’s one thing about religion that I’ve always had a problem with, and never really understood.