Building The Walls of Faith

I enjoy reading about what people believe or do not believe. I think believing in nothing is the emptiest way to live a life. What would you do with your life if you only thought of yourself or that money was your only quest in life?

I guess some could say “that Is my belief; I believe only in myself and making money.” Do not get me wrong, money can do many good things. I am speaking about believing in money only for personal gain, the love of money and the love of oneself.

It Is Simply an Offer

I believe our life here on earth is only the beginning. Most faiths believe this in one way or another. I believe in God (who is called many names) and believing is certainly a choice. Nobody can force faith on anyone. Faith in any belief system (religion) is an offer. You must choose to believe.

If you do not believe in any sort of afterlife, then it would seem (to me) that you will want to get as much as you can right now. I assume this because I once belonged to the: “This is all there is” group and let me tell you, I wanted it all right now and would do almost anything to get it.

There Is Good in All

But I became a new person. I changed and now I view money not only to support myself but more importantly for it to be used as a tool to help others. My faith calls it being “born again.”

I have read and studied about many other faiths. There are radical people in every aspect of life or faith including mine. However, I have seen that the truly faithful in all beliefs live their faith and practice their faith to do good things. But we build these fences or walls between us.

Instead of all working together for the betterment of humanity, we have these walls and written on these walls are things like,” believe exactly as I do, or you are wrong” or “stay on your side of the wall don’t dare come over here.” And this is putting the wall writings mildly.

Find Common Ground

I was as guilty as anyone, but I am trying to find common ground with other faiths. I am a Christian, but my brother-in-law is a “Jehovah’s Witness.” I work with a young man who is Muslim and another who is Jewish.

I have fantastic conversations with people who are of other faiths. Sure, there are differences in our beliefs, but at the core, most believe there is another life beyond this one. We believe there will be a time when there will be only peace and love for one another. We may just disagree on how or when that happens.

This article will bring out some who will tell me I am wrong and not to cross over their fence and they will “call me out for false teaching.” To quote an old song I say they are “just another brick in the wall.”

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