Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Joe E, Socrates is not a religion but the point is, if you believe he existed and his writings are his, then why not believe in God or the Bible. We take much of history for granted, history books as true, but we were not there. I'm just trying to make the point that there are more original transcripts of books of the Bible than there are writings of Socrates. And why is it so hard to believe in God, when people believe so much more far fetched things. Faith actually can apply to anything you believe without seeing. When you jump out of a plane you have faith that parachute will open, or else you wouldn't jump...., I hope.

What people have a problem with when it comes to religion is that it involves changes in life, sacrafice and commitment, most of which make people turn and run. People can't even keep a diet which has to be a permanent change in eating habits. So what do most do, they make their own religion or find the one with the path of least resistance.
Faith isn't believing that your parachute will open. Opening is what parachutes are built to do. Faith is believing that if your parachute malfunctions and doesn't open, god will save you because it's not your time to die. Or god won't save you because it is your time. If you really have faith in god, why wear a parachute at all?