I've never been much of a religious person, and often I feel both skeptical and uncomfortable around those who are so heavily steeped in their religion. But seeing how much strength and comfort their faith provides them really puts things in a different perspective.

Once in a while, I read my friend's blog, which mainly details the trials that life has put on her faith and the process of finding her way back to God. Maybe it's just because of her eloquence, but I am amazed at how much her faith can do for her. It really makes me have much more of an appreciation and respect for others and their faith. If most conservative Christians approached their faith in this manner, perhaps the rest of the society (let's just call them the skeptics) wouldn't feel the urge to scoff and roll their eyes... or run in the opposite direction. Then again, maybe this is how they approach their faith - I'm just not in the right avenues to witness the expression. Another thing to think about... Those who do approach their faith in the right way - the healing, nonabrasive, giving way - aren't really the ones who are usually captured by the media. Probably contributes to society's cynicism.

Just something to think about.

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Okay... back to studing for my econ test... :/