This is late, but I was thinking about it as I sat in church. Last week we discussed Aquinas and his proofs for God's existence. He believed that the only way we can know what God's qualities are we have to examine what he is not. One thing we discovered he was not is body. God is not like man and therefore does not have a body like man and it is absurd to think of him as body. At church yesterday, the pastor talked about events such as the resurrection of Christ. I realized this and other events that pastors describe as if God were a body. Now that I think about it, it is an important realization because all the qualities we know God to have are called into question if we say God is body. Maybe one day I will have enough standing in the world to be able to tell pastors about this. Everyone should question what they believe to come up with reasonable explanations for it.

Religion Supported By Philosophy

In class, we discussed how Philosophy is not a Religion. Religion is rather having a set of practices and beliefs that give meaning to our lives. My faith is very important to me and has developed greatly over the past couple of years. Even though Philosophy is not a Religion, I use Philosophy to understand and shed light to the questions proposed through religious practices and writings. I believe that one must use faith and reason, which develops from philosophical thinking, to support their stated beliefs. How can anyone influence or believe another person if they haven't used reason to back up their beliefs? This is where double ignorance occurs within religious practices. I've witnessed countless people declare certain beliefs, but are unable to explain their thinking or reasoning. I find myself in this state sometimes as well though. Religion is so often "inherited" from persons' parents and never fully understood. It's so easy for me to state that I am a Christian, yet am I only this way because my parents were as well? I need to use my own reason to examine my beliefs and form an opinion of my own rather than relying on others' knowledge or ignorance.