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levite · 03-06-2011, 07:03 PM

I think I have faith at least some of the time, in some things. I'm not really talking about religion now-- I think we all know where I stand with that.

But I have faith, at least sometimes, in the power of kindness: that any small act of kindness can result in far-reaching ramifications and repercussions that we may never know, or to a degree we might never believe.

I have faith, at least sometimes, in the capacity of people to fulfill their promise in ways none of us might ever expect.

But I also have faith in the almost infallible ability of the human race to shoot itself in the foot. I truly believe that the progress of humanity is all too often like that of a glacier: one step forward, two or three steps backward. Still, I also have faith that humanity does inevitably progress. Which I suppose is something.

I have faith, at least sometimes, in the ability of knowledge to empower a person, almost disproportionate to anything else.

I have faith, almost always, that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I guess these are some things I have faith in. I dunno. Does that count?

03-06-2011, 07:03 PM	#35 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	I think I have faith at least some of the time, in some things. I'm not really talking about religion now-- I think we all know where I stand with that. But I have faith, at least sometimes, in the power of kindness: that any small act of kindness can result in far-reaching ramifications and repercussions that we may never know, or to a degree we might never believe. I have faith, at least sometimes, in the capacity of people to fulfill their promise in ways none of us might ever expect. But I also have faith in the almost infallible ability of the human race to shoot itself in the foot. I truly believe that the progress of humanity is all too often like that of a glacier: one step forward, two or three steps backward. Still, I also have faith that humanity does inevitably progress. Which I suppose is something. I have faith, at least sometimes, in the ability of knowledge to empower a person, almost disproportionate to anything else. I have faith, almost always, that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I guess these are some things I have faith in. I dunno. Does that count? __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)