I am born in a Muslim country, raised in a Buddhist family and taught by a Christian teacher.
I have no religious faith.
My friends are believers of astrology and horoscopes. Capricorns are rational and practical. Aries, on the other hand, are stubborn and adventurous. Aquarius are humanitarians while Taurus are self-indulgent narcissists. If you are a Gemini, you are in for a treat. Although you can be tense at times, you are generally a witty and sociable person who has the ability to influence people with your energetic and youthful vibes.
These beliefs guide my friends in finding their identities. Along with their faith in religion, they believe in the natural. They believe that humans are born a certain way.
It is just the way it is.
Faith gives courage.
Tony Blair once said in a TIME interview that his faith has helped him make tough decisions. “..when you are so scared of losing support that you don’t do what you think is the right thing. What faith can do is not to tell you what is right but give you the strength to do it”, he said. A leader, who sometimes had to secretly attend church behind the limelight because of his nation’s cynicism towards religion, chose not to abandon his faith for a better reputation.
Faith guides citizens of the world.
They act as mentor and guidance when one gets lost. They act as comfort when one is miserable. They give people a peace of mind when some things are beyond man’s control.
When my mother is stressed or worried, she prays. She prays for his family and for health. It gives her a peace of mind. It helps her blood pressure. She is calm.
The rules of religion guide people. They govern the world. Politics is never separated from religion. Peace and war is related to religion. Extremists… terrorists… they all have their own religious faith. In a historical book that I have read…on the day that Hiroshima was bombed, people found shelter in churches. It was where they felt safe. Many churches turned into temporary hospitals during the World War Two because people held faith in religion.
Tony Blair Faith Foundation believes that collaboration among different religious faiths can help address some of the world’s most pressing social problems (from TIME). India and Chinese were long connected in history by the Silk Road. Historical Europe was scarred because of unrest between Catholic and Protestant churches. People try to separate the actions of terrorists with religion but these extremists strongly believe that they are simply obeying God’s order… so really, when you come down to it, wars and politics… from roman period till the 21st century have not change a slightest. They all have faith as the basis.
In this case, Tony Blair Faith Foundation has dedicated itself to the right cause. There is just one problem left. With such a long history of disagreement and conflicts among different religious faith, is there a chance that the gap can be bridged?
I am one of those people that tick the box ‘free thinker’ in application forms. I believe in history, psychology and science. I think that everything happens for a reason and if we dig into it, we can find an explanation. I dislike things beyond my control.
Life mysteries can be solved by digging through past events. A nation’s history shapes its cultures, traditions and operations. When we analyze world historical events, we can go into the mind of past leaders such as Hitler, Churchill or Stalin. When we know the why, what and how of history, we can understand the world.
Tony Blair Faith Foundation does it and they find one of the roots- faith.
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