Faith is something

"Let's see how many people on FB aren't ashamed to show their freedom from religion and admit that they don't believe in God... We need to get God out of the world... If you are not ashamed, then copy and paste this in your status..."

A friend posted this as their status and as one could imagine it turned into a huge debate. A rather good one I might say as this person apparently has a lot of friends who actually seemed to think and be on different sides of the debates. So it was a very good very interesting one. In the end if you believe in God or not you have to take a leap of faith at some point and time.

I think we should each respect what anyone else believes with respect and tolerance. Openly discuss or debate but not be critical. It is a little hypocritical to say we have the right to say what we believe but this group over there doesn't. And that goes to either side of ... atheist or non atheist. So good for those who aren't ashamed to say how you feel, but to say we need to get God out of the world is like the door to door person who tells you that you have to get God in your life. It is just as judgmental, it is just from the opposite side of the fence. It is faith vs faith. No matter what you believe or don't believe you have to take a leap of faith. Either you have faith that there is a god or you have faith that there isn't one. You have faith that a God created the world oryou have faith that it was just a coincidence. You have faith in what can't be explained or you have faith in what current science is providing you as fact. Science is constantly developing and changing, constantly disproving previous "facts." The truth is each person has to decide what they are going to put their faith in. Yes, it's a thing of faith. Just because science says one thing, and my beliefe say another doesn't mean they can't coexist. I believe that God exists, and he can do anything. I also believe that God is the smartest being ever. Since God is so smart, I believe that he could figure that evolution and the big bang was the most efficient way do things, thus God could have started evolution if that is the way he saw fit. The point is at some time you have to believe in something even if that means choosing to believe in nothing. And that takes a form of faith. We should all learn to respect and not judge whatever form of faith anyone chooses. That is the point. It is wrong to be a judgmental christian or a judge mental atheist. Love and respect is what is needed. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”