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%FAILURES OF FAITH 770712
When faith becomes a technique for achieving
expectations, failures of faith become particularly
devastating. Such failures cut to the core of a person,
because faith is such a personal aspect of one's self.
Success usually depends upon how dedicated we are and
how hard we work. Without dedication and effort, there is
rarely success. Often success depends upon our believing
that we will succeed. Such belief is often called faith.
It is an unequivocal conviction regarding the events which
will follow. It is characterized by an absence of doubt.
There is no uncertainty in desire or expectation.
Successes of faith thus depend upon unequivocal belief
which casts out doubt and uncertainty. There is no fear
or failure.
When success is regarded as essentially dependent
upon such faith, any failure is regarded as a sign of the
absence of such faith. The successful are regarded as
faith-full, the failures are regarded as signs of being
faith-less. The successful have grounds for increased
faith, the failures have grounds for increased doubts,
uncertainties, and low self-esteem.
There are many reports of trans-scientific phenomena;
e.g., faith healing, fire-walking, super-human feats of
strength, clairvoyance, prognostications, etc. Some of
these are associated with religious practices, others are
not. In each case the focal persons have unequivocal
faith upon which the trans-scientific phenomena depend.
In our daily lives our ability to fulfill
expectations depends upon our belief in our ability to do
so. The doubting Thomas is usually not successful. The
person who fears business failure and doubts success---
usually fulfills the expectations of failure. The couple
that fears/expects their marriage not to work, usually
fulfill that expectation. The man who fears/expects
impotency usually fulfills that expectation. When we
believe we can not conform to moral expectations we
succeed in fulfilling that belief. When we believe we
will be sickly, we are. As playwrights we control the
plots of our lives' plays---and often cast ourselves in
unsatisfying roles. Our failures of faith are often the
results of our own covert choices, but often we can not be
sure---and there is the rub.
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