Teddy Bears and Faith!

What a sweet title!

Too bad teddy bears and faith are symbols of viscous behavior.

While gassing my car at Walmart, I was listening to NPR. The reporter described the plight of a Middle East Teacher who was sentenced to 15 days prison for allowing her class to name a stuffed teddy bear "Mohammad." Many protesters outside the court called for her execution. A previous report commented that the protesters were suspected to be sponsored by the government.

Imagine being in a land where naming a teddy bear can incite the desire for blood. Then again, imagine a government who defines "Marriage" for taxation purposes and hides behind morality so that you will never question the legitimacy of the practice. "Another blog."

According to the Apostle Paul, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of thing not seen.

Obviously, Paul indicates that faith is completely void of objective thought of which man's reason is based upon. Because Faith has no physical foundation for existence, it has no foundation in reason. Without reason, man is nothing more than a weak animal struggling for subsistence. Think Afganistan and Talaban. Think deep south rural Mississippi and church.

Few ever question the false philosophical foundations that they are given.

Paul's faith definition contradicts the very reasons and concepts that language was built upon. The fact that you can read the bible is evidence that a mind exist and it can conceptualize letters, words, and meaning. Language was developed by a thinking mind. It is the thinking mind that is the antithesis of faith.

Perhaps this is why Muslim fundamentalist prevent women from learning. They do not want them to think. Perhaps this is why Christians and Nazi's burn books. You can learn, just not too much.

The degree a man profess true faith is the degree he professes his animal behavior. True faith can be defined as the real rejection of reason and the symbols thereof (Money). True faith wants to put mans mind in reverse. Don't think, Don't act. Don't produce. Sacrifice!

Of course, Jesus said "If a man has the faith of a mustard seed, he can tell this mountain to be removed and planted by the sea."

Can't a person have a little faith? Not much...just enough to get down the road. There are many in this country who profess faith but embrace all that reason has to offer. They worship "the god of balance". They live in contradiction to their own thoughts. To accept a life of both reason and faith is to put a bear in sheep's clothing and call it a teddy bear.

The amount of moral contradiction that exist in the US today is proportionate to the amount faith and reason it's population professes. For an accurate account, check out the 5 o'clock news.