Gosh I haven't done this for a while, have I?
I was considering the fact how everyone needs something to believe in. Whether it be religion, science, a person, love, etc. Even the nihilists believes in something: they believe in nothing. (Trust me on the logic, it works.) People place faith in things that they find either within themselves or around them, somewhere in the world...and I'm wondering...can people get by without faith? Without believing in something?
It makes me wonder about human nature. Humans are technically animals, but we don't generally think of animals having faith or believing in things. We're pretty sure that gorillas, our closest cousins in terms of evolution, have developed no unique religions of their own. What is it that makes us so different then? Self-awareness? Or is it just simply awareness? And how does that relate? Is it because by being aware we must also become aware of what not only will be useful to us, but our own lackings as well, and therefore needs to.... No, that isn't it, for believing in yourself is believing in something too. Belief, I suppose, is a type of awareness...or a complication of becoming aware.
And so, when people belief in not believing, have faith in faithlessness (is that even a word?) what is that thare they're contradicting?
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