What is Faith? Most people associate the word faith with religion - specifically christianity- because it is such a large aspect of what religion is. Confidence or trust in a person or thing is the exact definition but that still leaves a lot to question. Such as where does it come from and why do people choose to have faith.

Whether you conscientiously chose to have faith in something or not you have faith You have faith that the plane you’re stepping onto won’t crash. You have faith that the water you drink isn’t poisonous. Take the creation of the world for example  You can choose to believe to believe in God, another form or religion, or others might say science. The problem with that statement is that science is a religion. Most scientists prefer to not think of science as such because they would rather not be clumped with those “religious people” but if one simply looks into the definition of religion you will find they are some of the most devout in regard religious practices. Religion, a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects, is what science is in a nutshell. So back to the creation of the world. Christianity proposes that the world was created by God. Science has many incomplete theories such as the “Big Bang” and a more recent theory where advanced lifeforms from another universe created this universe (Sorta sounds like Gods to me). Whatever you believe in you put faith into that belief. In Christianity there is an idea of having great faith and essentially being able to put complete trust in God and to give your life over to him and where he leads you. In science there actually a lot of faith in the theories presented. Since some of these theories are incomplete scientists believe in them without complete proof (such as the theory of the creation of the universe). Scientists refer to this as theory as opposed to a law but in either case they believe in something they cannot totally prove. Now that you see that everyone has faith in many facets of life I would like to move to a more pressing matter concerning faith. The concept of salvation. In the U.S. today there are many mixed beliefs and complications enveloped in these beliefs concerning other religions and such but i’m not going to delve into that right now. The issue I would like to address is that of those who choose to “not have faith”. These are the people who would rather not worry about these matters and get on with life. Now I understand the thought process to one degree or another but the issue I have with that standing is that you have to have faith in one or the other. Science has proven micro-evolution to be true but they also teach that macro-evolution is true which is something they have not quite proven completely (I am also not saying to disbelieve science entirely because in many cases the bible and science coincide). To believe in God is also another great leap of faith where you have archeological evidence proving the bible to be true and historical evidence proving the prophecies in the bible to be true as well and therefore you then in turn believe that God is real and that heaven is real. You have to believe there is a God and therefore follow the christian lifestyle per se or you have to believe in science and therefore have faith that there isn’t a God and all of what you see around you was created by accident. The choice isn’t easy and both are truly great acts of faith. Frivolous as this whole idea is to some people it is an immensely important decision that has to be made. I hope that by showing you this you might consider looking further into this matter and coming to your own conclusion.