Pieces of A Puzzle, Fallling Into Place
"They say things happen for a reason, but that reason may not always be clear. In time, with faith, the meaning may emerge. What was, what is, what shall be. Pieces of a puzzle, falling into place."It's been so long since I've thought about this quotation. I came upon it on the web a few days ago. It was my mantra in high school any time I couldn't explain something.
-Early Edition
What was, what is, what shall be. Pieces of a puzzle falling into place. When I entered university I brought with me that ideal.
One of the professors I had happened to be a priest. He taught philosophy. One would naturally assume that the inquisitive nature of Philosophy would be contrary to the faith required for religion; that the two do not go together. He taught me different.
After one class, I stayed behind, which was a habit. I've always believed you learned more after class than during it. Another student and I started to ask him about the priesthood, about faith and philosophy. I was very interested since I seriously thought about a vocation. I wondered how he could reconcile the unbelief that seems to surround Philosophy (i.e. "there are no concrete answers") and the faith that is inherent in religion (i.e. "the answer is God"). His answer was simple: It's the same damn thing. The Divine provides us with no definitive answers. All it requires is belief. Philosophy is the same; it does not require us to have answers, but merely to question what it is that we know, and to trust, to have faith that we can think, and that our thoughts are the only thing that we can truly know about the world.
So, in conclusion, belief in God and belief in our own thoughts is still belief. Neither can really be proven. I can't prove to you that my thoughts are my thoughts and there is nothing else that exist apart from my thoughts. I can't prove to you that there is a God.
We choose that which we believe. Not to be confused with "I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe," which, if you ponder a little, is a very accurate quotation that can describe most of the world's people. That quotation is from Futurama.
