Homeless Joe Wrote:faith can be a dangerous thing. having faith can be good, but letting that faith blind you to the truth of things is not. suicide bombers do it on faith. people kill themselves to catch a lift on a space ship hiding behind a comet on faith. some argue that the world, the universe even, is only a couple thousand years old becauses they have faith in their interpretation of their religion.
That goes along with the quality of their faith. If it gives you peace then it is probably all right even if you hold what seem to be ridiculous beliefs to others. However, faith in something that makes you kill yourself and others for it, well that’s just not peaceful at all. If your faith brings death and destruction, then it has become something else entirely. It goes beyond faith, into a maniacal,razing form of fanaticism. If your faith tramples on the lives of others then it isn't faith, it is an excuse.