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Abstract Image, Concrete Question

orange-abstract-200px.jpgI enjoy this image, but I have no idea what it means. Which leads me to ask, do I need to understand something in order to enjoy it? No, there are lots of things I enjoy that I don't understand. Electricity. Rainbows. Solar power. I enjoy those things, and what's more...I believe in them, even though I don't understand them.

But when it comes to spiritual faith, I have little patience for things I don't understand. Perhaps the difference is that in the case of electricity or rainbows, I can "see" them so I believe they are real. But issues of faith are by definition not concrete entities, so I have a harder time believing them.

I started this discussion using the word "enjoy", not "believe". So the question for me to think about is, can I enjoy something if I can't see it? And if I enjoy something that I can't see, does that mean I believe in it?


 



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