The way we believe!

There are usually these two schools of thought people primarily follow when it comes to general belief system. The first premise depends upon the historical and scientific evidences, in terms of inventions, occurrences, sociological changes or movements and also in the matter of cosmology.  And then the second way of approach to any belief system is just to follow what is already there, because it may have been followed for ages by our grandparents, parents, loved ones, culture and by the majority of people.

In this matter, Aristotle claims that people form their beliefs on the basis of a combination of three factors: what he called logos, pathos and ethos:

Logos is the intellectual dimension. It is the part in us (or in the argument we are listening to) that corresponds to logic and common sense. 

Pathos is the personal or emotional dimension of belief and it is just as real as the rational part.

Ethos is the social dimension of persuasion. What we believe is hugely influenced by our upbringing, our education and the circle of friends, loved ones we find ourselves in.

Now, in arriving to a common rational this is how it should technically look like; any claim or events, belief system must have its presence verified in archaeology and be consistent and compatible historically, scientifically and as well logically. Today Easter, (resurrection of Jesus after He was crucified and rose again after three days) is celebrated throughout the world. The fact is most of us experienced people dying but resurrection is not so quite common. We can understand death as a natural event, but rising from death requires power from outside of nature.

With little exploration we find it has all the credentials in the Christian book called Bible and also finds a place in Jewish history, Roman history, and world History not merely as a mythology but a verified fact, as the way to find purpose in humanity, promising eternity and help us lead a holy & good life and be a good citizens of the country. 

There are no values and goodness beside God. We cannot achieve it by following a set of rules and rituals that is merely self-satisfying, it cannot transform us. We need God to transform each one of us in order to build a better community and a better nation.

      

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