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Originally Posted by BananaLee
Faith with cautiousness is not a bad thing.
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YES...that's exactly my point. I never said faith was bad or stupid. My main point was this....NEVER rely ONLY on faith and put yourself in a dangerous situation because you 'trust faith to protect you.' The little girl story you mentioned is a perfect example. Here are her options....1) walk down a lit street where there are people or 2) walk down a dark alley where the only other person was a menacing-looking man. I think it's pretty safe to say which option is the smarter decision to make. Yet what did she do?? She prayed to her guardian angel and then made an incredibly stupid decision by walking down the dark alley. Sorry, but it's true. I'm not gonna try to make an argument about the power of faith, the presence of divine intervention, guardian angels, etc as this is NOT the point of this discussion. The fact of the matter is this.....DON'T MAKE POOR DECISIONS AND TRY TO JUSTIFY IT BY PRAYING TO A HIGHER BEING.
I'm sure this comment sounds a bit harsh, and I do not mean this in ANY way to be a personal attack on anyone here. Like Eric said, I'm not out to be mean to anyone. I'm a nice guy and am only trying to make a point here to encourage people to use common sense and make good decisions so they don't end up in a dangerous situation.
My main point here is to use common sense and good decision-making to AVOID dangerous situations, rather than to make poor decisions, put yourself in a bad position and then rely on faith to keep you safe. If I went down to the ghetto and started giving daring looks to dangerous looking people while praying to my guardian angel, $10 says I'd end up in the hospital or dead. Or I could drive around drunk/reckless without wearing a seatbelt because I trust a higher power to protect me. Sure, these are drastic examples, but you see my point.
And that's all I am getting at here...again, no disrespect meant to anyone or their faith.