The Arrogance Of Faith

For some, faith is the ultimate display of humility and submissiveness to a higher power whose existence has never been objectively substantiated. The phenomenon is utterly bizarre due to the fact that educated, intelligent and thinking individuals also have the predilection towards such surrender to a random force. Despite the way they process information and empirical data, even the smartest seem to voluntarily give up their skepticism and inquisitiveness all in the name  of convenience and  blindly submitting to an unsubstantiated claim.

On the assumption that a god exists, the humility is only directed towards that being. Isn’t it supposedly ironic that a being so  powerful and omnipresent would require absolute submission despite little to no evidence of his existence. Sure, christians always use the retarded Oh, look at how pretty  the blue sky is! Look at the birds, the other animals and the trees! We live in a world  of beauty… ERGO, god exists argument as if it holds water as a point. Even if a god created everything, it says nothing about the christian god being the one who created  it. That christian god is more of a human construct that only happens to be prominent now because of the war-mongering Romans and the colonizing Europeans.

This is were the faith is stretched. Faith is already a big stretch in itself. It’s akin to believing an egomaniac of a god who requires constant adoration, praise and prayers from his loyal subjects. He requires it despite not even proving his existence in a form that can be appreciated by everyone. In the end, faith is simply a crutch for arrogance used by many to brandish around as fake armor  of morality and decency. Faith is nothing but an excuse - and  yes, surrender — to further inquiry. It is a feel-good  option that is laced with intellectual laziness and haughtiness that fails to deliver on empirical standards.

The faithful, despite their claims of humility, are just as arrogant as everybody else that they tag as arrogant. They wield their faith as an unquestionable concept despite its obvious logical flaws and use it to rebut the better argued points that are grounded on grammar and common sense but are not imbued with the mystic abilities of faith. The concept of god was created by man and faith is the absolute manifestation of that arrogance.

Man doesn’t want to be alone, thus, he created god in many images. He refused to believe the more gloomy yet more likely reality that his god may not really be extant at all. Man is arrogant in not conceding to the depression of a lonely existence - and as we see now, faith is being used as an excuse for patronage for the ideal and exaltation for the divine. In the end, man is simply worshiping his own  model - his  own  paradigm. And of course, he will never accept that reality.

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Gian Karlo Dapul Wins ESU International Speaking Tourney

Gian Karlo Dapul bested 57 other contestants to clinch the top plum in the English Speaking Union International Public Speaking Competition held in London. You may remember that Patricia Evangelista won the same competition not so long ago. With his speeched titled Fish Mucus and Foot Fungus, Gian reportedly wowed the judges and audience about his knowledge about research and his humorous delivery. He delivered the same speech during the Philippine qualifiers where I judged and from the get go I knew that that type of geekiness and nerdiness would sell. LOL.

Congratulations Gian. I knew you could do it.

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This Is Weird

Ok, I get it. Filipinos are nationalistic! I’m still puzzled by how some people could maniacally support the inclusion of Filipino sites on some new-fangled list but what happened just a few hours ago is beyond me. While checking out my spam folder for strays, I came across these four comments:

Comment Number 1 was left May 12, 11:12 PM. Sunshine said:

Wait.The Egyptians refused to join in thus they were made an honorary candidate. Not the people’s fault.
Actually i’m ok with the 7 wonders of the world at the moment,though i would like the Effiel tower to be part of it.

And i agree with Ben, maybe it is our turn. Just like what i wantched on ANC, it’s up to us what happens after. Should we be like other’s who was destroyed by fame? They named a few sites that even agaisnt more eco-tourism, actually made it better. As much as i agree with your point that the deserving should get the spot,i believe other wise that our candidates arent worthy just because Filipinos voted through pride,even so this happned we deserve a spot.

On this post, the commenter seems to agreeing with my position regarding maniacal support and pathetic it is for insecure Filipinos to salvage every little bit of pride they have by voting for every Jasmine Trias that comes along. Read the rest of this entry »

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Philippine Blog Awards: Third Set of Nominees (Best Blog Posts Category)

The Philippine Blog Awards will have a new division for this year and I expect it to be a lot more contentious than the already existing categories. This year will see the introduction of the “best blog post” category wherein the adjudged best individual entries will be chosen as the winners. You may nominate here.

Here are my nominees.

Entry Title: Lakbayan
Blog: Vaes9
Category: Best Blog Post (Tech)

Entry Title: Reflective: To Affirm What I Hold Dearest In My Life

Blog: Fritzified

Category: Best Blog Post (Personal)

Entry Title: Bakla And His Cabalen Experience
Blog: Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?
Category: Best Blog Post (Food and Beverage)

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