Thank you, dear Mariano, for your beautiful question.
Yes, I believe that Faith and Religious belief (in any religion) should be present in everyone of us, to promote our enthusiasm and strenght to keep on living and to become positive participants of our societies.
Without Faith, I might not have been able to overcome some of the worst difficulties and problems in my life.
Faith keeps me struggling for a better future. And I know that it CAN move mountains...
Nevertheless, as a scientist, I very often need to get more pragmatic in my theoretical reasoning and scientific analysis. But underneath my intellectual work, I need that strong Faith to keep me going on my way to reach objectives and to overcome the worst obstacles of my path.
I might have been a whole different person , if I didn't get the chance to believe in God.
This is a conviction of Christian people, the salvation comes from our sincere belief in God and Jesus Christ.
We must believe in our hearts, our heads and put these beliefs into practice. Believing is not abstract and theoretical only. Our lives reflect what we believe. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, faith comes together with good work.
Thank you, dear Mariano, for your beautiful question.
Yes, I believe that Faith and Religious belief (in any religion) should be present in everyone of us, to promote our enthusiasm and strenght to keep on living and to become positive participants of our societies.
Without Faith, I might not have been able to overcome some of the worst difficulties and problems in my life.
Faith keeps me struggling for a better future. And I know that it CAN move mountains...
Nevertheless, as a scientist, I very often need to get more pragmatic in my theoretical reasoning and scientific analysis. But underneath my intellectual work, I need that strong Faith to keep me going on my way to reach objectives and to overcome the worst obstacles of my path.
I might have been a whole different person , if I didn't get the chance to believe in God.
Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in. ~ Aimee Mullins
Good Beliefs, rational and scientific beliefs will better our lives. Idealistic beliefs, not superstitions, which nourish the qualities like tolerance, kindness towards fellow beings, positive attitude towards social and cultural well beings etc. will help us to lead better life.
It is so interesting that diacritics in my Credo quotation disappeared! I should't joke over the serious things :). Yes, the belief changes life for the better.
When we believe in God, we have double blessings:
1) eternal life in heaven when we depart from this world,
2) have the light of life in this world (albeit we will not smooth sailing all the way, there's still ups & downs but we can cling on His promises).
Above 1) external life from John 3:!6 ==>
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Above 2) light of life is from John 8:12 ==>
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."
We believe in our life all the time something in our life.Whether it has got the meaning all it may be a idle way of observing our life or it may be a thinking for our planned life career.
All the three may have a starting point of wishful thinking .When wishful thinking originates ,it starts from our belief when our belief is genuine & real its start with the positive thinking & we move towards the realizing of the aim of our belief.
Our belief plays an important part of our life .It creates a faith within us ,turning towards confidence & will power which remains the basic end of our life & in this line it certainly move towards better life .
Dear Mariano Ruiz Espejo,
Some beliefs give you freedom in thought and action, others limit your creative thinking. Our beliefs vary in significance, sustainability and utility. They shape our view of the world.
The most useful feature of the system is the belief that we can change it. If something interferes see new possibilities, you can simply rebuild their belief system. You do not have to switch between different religions and creeds - you can change some of the conceptual beliefs. You can change any beliefs, to see the world through the prism of these new convictions, and if the result you like to save these beliefs in your mind. For example, you have the conviction that it is necessary to do everything thoroughly, as best you can, and if you can do better - definitely need to do better. Take the belief that people can make mistakes, and that's fine. The first conviction could lead to delays in the implementation of volumetric and important tasks (I call it rude, but capacious word "otsrachivanie";)), as there is always something to improve. Another belief, if it is firmly dug into your belief system, and you will get off in the implementation of important projects to improve the control of your life and maybe even become a very, very successful man.
Regards, Shafagat
Good Day to all believers and non-believers.
My perception......
Beliefs and values I believe are linked. In the present day when values are going down beliefs make us go on....
Belief in God. For me GOD is the energy that runs this earth, world and the universe. Belief make life better, it gives patience, lends energy to fight against all challenges.
In the Hindu mythology - 'Right' always wins in the end and 'wrong' is always defeated. Yes there may be many a challenges in the path of right. Many times this belief along with belief in oneself leads a person like me to take up many daunting challenges.
Without doubt, our positive beliefs determine our life style, and reflect the values we espouse and pursue in life. Negative beliefs may however be detrimental to our interests and happiness. Our fundamental beliefs are our values, without which one may not sustain one's happiness. Some of my fundamental beliefs, which form a major part of my persona are as follows:
Honesty
Transparency
Fairness and justice to all
Professionalism
Perseverance
Compassion
Empathy
Love
Kindness
Liberty
Social responsibility
Conscientiousness
Beliefs,due to any reasons, really determine one's quality of life, direction, and outcome. However, most of one's beliefs are truly not self-made but have been imported from the surroundings (parents, ancestors, teachers, personalities, friends…etc.). That beliefs are shaped up by external influences is not a good or bad thing, but as one grows up & acquires expertise in life, it becomes possible to establish solely one's own beliefs.
I cannot say that beliefs will necessarily make a better life. Sometimes, beliefs cause lot of trouble under despotic regimes. In fact, such regimes may request from you to change your beliefs.
In my opinion, it is good to look at one's underlying beliefs every now & then but NOT under duress. Examining beliefs frequently may entail changing the perspectives on life into broader ones allowing for or inducing a change (Perestroika based on Glasnost, as the Russians say).
An obstinate adherence to one's beliefs (at old age) is expected & many of my dear schoolmates (63-64 years old,now) think that their cups are too full for anyone to add to them. However, I do not agree with them & I think readiness to change beliefs must be there when better convincing ones become available; this is the essence of what I have learnt from science since the early 1970s.
I would like to make the following points as answer to the posed question.
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
--- Henry David Thoreau
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
--- Tony Robbins
I think that all belief does not make better life. Only true beliefs can help to the life to be better. For example, believe in a false god does not aid to the person, but believe in a true God aids to anyone. Believe in a community with fidelity to the truth of Jesus Christ, I think it only possible in the Catholic church because this is the unique religion which keeps the original love, words, facts, commandments and promises of Jesus.
Dear Ronald has summarized the importance of beliefs so precisely but beautifully, when he asks: "Without beliefs, are we even humans?" Indeed, it is our beliefs, which we try to defend to the hilt when we find differences with others. Sometimes, we do correct them also when we discover new facts or fascinations about life that we think would be better in realizing our goals of life.
Hi Roland,
Interesting statement from you "Without beliefs, are we even humans?"
Your question reminds me that we human beings consists of 3 parts: body, soul & spirit (for those believe in the existence of God). Each part can be defined (I quote) from this link:
https://bible.org/seriespage/man-trinity-spirit-soul-body
In the outer circle the ‘Body’ is shown as touching the Material world through the five senses of ‘Sight,’ ‘Smell,’ ‘Hearing,’ ‘Taste’ and ‘Touch.’
The Gates to the ‘Soul’ are ‘Imagination,’ ‘Conscience,’ ‘Memory,’ ‘Reason’ and the ‘Affections.’
The “Spirit” receives impressions of outward and material things through the soul. The spiritual faculties of the ‘Spirit’ are ‘Faith,’ ‘Hope,’ ‘Reverence,’ ‘Prayer’ and ‘Worship.’
From the above, body is the touchable physical entity of ours, soul including our emotions & cognition (EQ & IQ) and spirit is the entity of us that handling the relationship with God e.g. we human beings have the ability to worship God as our beliefs. Unlike us, think animals only have body and soul whereby we don't see they know how to worship God (or is there any empirical way to find out otherwise!)
Regards,
Fung
Dear Mariano, you write: “I think it only possible in the Catholic church”. I completely agree that the church life helps people to organize their spiritual life and to get answers to many important questions (and I understand the value of Christian sacraments). But billions of people have no relation to the Catholic Church or other Christian denominations. The following words of Jesus Christ have always interested me: “Blessed are the pure in hearts, For they shall see God” (Mathew 5: 8). Should these “the pure in hearts” be only Christians? I always thought that the Christ's Sermon on the Mount was a sermon to all mankind. When I read about this Taiwanese pair – Mr. Chao Wen-Cheng and his wife Xi Mei-Yui (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mgm45ejd/chao-wen-cheng/), it seems to me, they have the pure hearts, and such people «shall see God» (of course, not for my decision! :-))). Mr. Chao, 70 years old, married for 45 years, worked all his life as a part-time cleaner. He grew up in poverty (his parents had eight children), and then, when he in his turn became a father of five, he began donating most of his salary to charity “including orphanages in his central Taiwan hometown of Taichung, the Taiwan Fund for Children & Families, World Vision Taiwan and the Tzu Chi Foundation. He also spent time after work collecting cans, bottles and other recyclables to raise money for charity ... Over the decades he has donated $ 135,000”(http://june.ettachou.com/2012/06/23/a-hero-of -philanthropy-chao-wen-cheng / ). Ms. Xi always supported her husband: “We do not need a lot of money. Our eldest child is 40 years old, and one of our children is a teacher. We live modestly, we have enough money for others. My husband is happy, what else to dream?” (http://www.pravoslavie.ru/news/56904.htm ).
Dear Olga,
Who so ever can be pure in heart and blessed but to be a Christian means to confess with your mouth and your heart that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior. This can happen 3 sec before your death. The confessing is the crucial point.
"The following words of Jesus Christ have always interested me: “Blessed are the pure in hearts, For they shall see God” (Mathew 5: 8). Should these “the pure in hearts” be only Christians?"
Not many people are pure therefore Jesus Christ was crucified. Sin means that we do things that separate us from God.
There are good people like those you describe and there are bad people e.g. those who down-votes as a sport here on RG, and there are really cruel disgusting people whom we should not call persons anymore. We as individuals could not forgive them. They do horrible things. Despite degrees of offenses all still have the chance to repent and confess till the last seconds of their lives.
What it is only possible in the Catholic church is to believe in a community with fidelity to the truth of Jesus Christ, this is to live with a participation of the heaven in this world. God can save to anyone without this fidelity in much time of his/her life, for example with an act of faith with words as testimony in the last minutes of his/her life in presence of God and others. But the secure way is the conversion as urgent as it is clear for us. It is not recommendable to wait to do the pass to believe in a Catholic community. When we have clear our faith, the acts of baptism in this community make the difference for a better life, not as a punctual act but as the first act of many others with perseverance.
Jesus said "Who believes and is baptished will be saved, who does not believe will be condemned" (aproximated translation mine). What is it better than be saved?
Dear Béatrice,
I understand you and very thankful for your answer.
Dear Mariano,
thank you very much for your question and the quote. You are right: nobody should cut a text fragment from the context, because this operation destroys its general sense. Yes, “He who believes and is baptized…” (Mark 16:16), and many other verses…
When Miranda wrote on belief in practice, I remembered those verses from Mathew 5, Mr Chao and the parable of the talents. I think, the role of rare righteous people like Mr Chao is very special in our world.
Belief without faith and hardwork will definitely yield nothing
Dear Béatrice,
You said "belief delivers me from evil".
In the pray of "Father of us" we say: "Father of us... and free us of the evil". If one believes in God Father and prays this pray teached by Jesus, his/her belief helps him/hers to be free of the evil, and then to have better life.
Thank you, Olga. Mark 16,16:
(Resurrected Jesus said to his disciples:) "The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; the one who refuses to believe will be condemned".
Yes it is Padre nuestro who delivers us , I know
" no nos dejes caer en la tentación,
y líbranos del mal. Amén."
“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”
― Gordon A. Eadie
“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.” ~James Allen
The question is: What must I believe in? Jesus gives a rule for this: when you have two or more coincident testimonies of the same fact.
Dear Mariano,
What are you referring to? "when you have two or more coincident testimonies of the same fact".
Dear Béatrice,
When you have two o more coincident testimonies of the same fact (and they are true), you must believe in this fact for the testimony of two or more witnesses. This was true in the old testament too.
Yes but I wanted to have an example of it spelled out.
Belief in the love makes us happy which is better life.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_the_love_for_itself_the_happiness2/1
The Catholic faith is to believe in facts and true revelations of God and Jesus by means of the fidelity of the Church to them and their words. It is the traditional way to be happy now, in the future, and ethernally.
Dear Mariano,
Faith is believing without facts, this is the whole idea with faith!
Dear Béatrice,
A faith without facts is a dead faith (according to St. James).
No Dear Mariano,
you got iit all wrong:
Hebrews 11
1Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
James 2,14.17.19-20:
Faith is shown in action.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, to profess faith without showing works? Such faith has no power to save you.
...
So it is for faith without deeds: it is totally dead.
...
Do you believe there is one God? Well enough, but do not forget that the demons also believe and temble with fear!
You foolish one, do you have to be convinced that faith without deeds is useless?
Dear Mariano,
Deeds and facts are not the same thing. Send me your private mail address on the message board and I send you my paper.
You can never read the Bible in just one language. Some Finns also believe that the Bible in Finnish from 1938 is the only correct one. In French:
Il en est ainsi de la foi: si elle reste seule, sans se traduire en actes, elle est morte (facts are in French "faits" )
--si la fe que uno tiene no va acompañada de hechos, es una fe inútil.
--¿Quieres convencerte de que la fe sin obras es estérilIt is not always obras in your language either
Willst du aber erkennen, du eitler Mensch, daß der Glaube ohne Werke tot sei
Your "obras" would best translate into the word "work" and work is not the same as fact!
"Obras son amores y no buenas razones" (Santa Teresa de Jesús).
Translated: "Facts are loves and not good reasons".
Which love are you now referring to Agape or Eros?
Again your translation is wrong:
"Actions speak louder than words" (Santa Teresa).
"Las acciones hablan más que las palabras" (Santa Teresa).
"Les actions parlent plus fort que les mots» (Santa Teresa).
Obras are also Oeuvres in French which also translate as pieces of art .
Do you see now why you provoke people to anger when nobody recognized what you are talking about due to your language skills where improvement is needed
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
Joan of Arc
Knowledge of the truth and the use of it for the good makes better life. Only beliefs without true base could make better, equal or worse life.
Dear Béatrice,
The phrase I gave of Santa Teresa is correct and different of the other you wrote.
"Facts are loves and not good reasons".
My explanation: with facts we show our love to others, not with discussions or argumentations.
Dear Mariano,
I cannot trust these internet translations. In French:
"Les faits parlent plus que les mots" which would be deeds speak louder than words
do you mean facts or do you mean actions? If I act nicely towards you it would be better than to say something nice?
This is the disadvantage of being born into a culture with two small languages: Finnish and Swedish, the latter is my mother tongue.
Dear Roland,
It depends of the dictatorial period, because for many ones during them, it is possible in some cases to have more freedom and better life for all ones. But, yes, the people is more prudent with their free will in that times.
Hope and hopelessness related to belief.Hope also created by certain social relationships. Some individuals use hope,faith and belief synonymously during stressful life event. all this life component has impact on cognitive behaviour .Better life also is an individualized concept depend on hope, faith and belief.
Dear Sir Mariano RE
Greetings from Father Muller Family!
certainly your concern is spirituality.related!
regards
A belief is to confide in who saves us or can save us. The faith in Jesus Christ had and has power of salvation.
Dear Chanu,
Yes, to take the surnames of father and mother makes present the honour that the sons give to their parents. It comes from the fourth Commandment of the God Law, common for the Jewish and Christian cultures and religions: "You will honour to your father and to your mother".
And there is a promise of God for who compliments this commandment: long life and happiness. Thank you.
we shall overcome indeed someday!
and there shall be showers of blessings someday!
my belief lined by hope ! towards a better life!
If you believe in a Science, you could study such Science. But if you do not believe in a Science, it is better you do not intent to study such Science. The belief opens doors, the unbelief closes them.
Sir Mariano
Regards
Do you think our loved one's belief influence us ?
The equation of love also cures a "Beautiful Mind"
Dear Mariano,
I do not experience a conflict between belief in God and science. However what science does is to discover what is already there and the natural laws that determine certain processes. They did not invent life only after hundred of years of research how to connect a sperm and and egg as well as how to do a clone.
Dear Chanu,
Yes, our belief influence us. If you believe in the truth, your way is right. If you believe in the lie, your way is twisted.
Dear Béatrice,
I do not experience conflict in belief in God and science in my research, but the scientific should not believe him as a God with his science, because God is before and preceding the science, and the man is subjected to His laws. The man cannot substitute to God, for example to decide the death of a child or of a patient.
Beliefs are dependent on outcome patterns of observations in society, science, family values, peers and at times of own experiences in life. Better life is part of the belief systems and is an abstract and relative analyses.
When I talk of belief, I do not think in the power of my mind in predicting the future. But the hope in the word of Jesus Christ who told of the future life is other thing because his predictions have gone all ones occurring. For example, his resurrection to the third day of his death, he was resurrected as an angel, the disciples saw to resurrected Jesus in Galilee, etc. as he predicted. Why are not other predictions of Jesus believed by some men yet? To these beliefs I refer to.
Dear Béatrice,
"Obras son amores y no buenas razones" (Santa Teresa).
"Obras" are actions and facts, include decisions (actions) and works (activities to implement in fact our decisions).
Mariano,
"If yes, what are your beliefs?"
That no supernatural agency exists, and that only by our acts and words do we shape the world to be a better place.
Dear James,
I believe too that no supernatural agency created by humans exists, but for God all is possible. God is spirit and his nature is supernatural, not only material. Jesus Christ was a man with material and spiritual characteristics.
Dear Abdul Aziz,
To curse to a parent is a grave sin, but Jesus Christ teached and gave power (after his resurrection) to the apostles of forgiving all the sins in the sacrament of the confession, which can be realized after baptizing the person in the Church and being formed to receive that sacrament. He teached the love to the parents which can not be omitted for other cult, for example to the temple.
DEAR MARIANO,
Are we not through this already: translation into every language I know says
Actions speak louder than words
according to my understanding obras equals trabajo
Yes, I believe that beliefs are important for a better life. In my practice patients that are more optimistics have better results. Religions, culture, family and friends support are the bases of these optimists people.
One of the things that attracted me to Buddhism was the lack of beliefs. In Ireland we have seen the great harm that deeply-held beliefs can inflict on people, on society, on the planet. Most of the harm done by people is done in the name of beliefs.
Indeed, can you imagine a physicist running amok with an assault rifle in the name of special relativity, or an epidemiologist planting a car bomb to kill people who disbelieve in the effects of passive smoking?
The sense of sureness that beliefs bring comes at too great a price. I'll take the discomfort - it's not too much to pay.
If you believe in RG score, you would work hardly for improving it in your personal case. But if you do not believe in RG score or you are indifferent, you would not work for improving it for itself. A belief can do of you a slave, or a free man.
Dear Mariano,
i have studied Spanish only 3 months a very long time ago, so you know your own language better:
Etymology
From Latin opera, from opus.
Noun
obra f (plural obras)
work, usually literary or artistic.
construction.
Related terms
maniobra
obrar
obrero m
ópera
huebra
See also
trabajo
I mean:
Obras son "trabajos a conciencia". Obras are "works with conscientiousness".
Really i do not understand this:
Opera inutilia et opus penitus?
Put it in French or German
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