"Faith is one of the world's great evils." Richard Dawkins
Treachery, headhunting, cannibalism, waness… some of the most evil things that could happen on earth have come from the faith of the Sawi tribe. Because they had faith on their ancestors and their tribe’s tradition, they did ceremonies such as yagon, which you give the skull of the person you killed to the person you like. The tribes also thought it is a must to take revenge on those who have killed your family or tribe member. The Sawi keep their faith to their own tribe and their ancestors through this. They follow their faith and do the evil things without a bit of guilt. Faith could drive people to do evil things without any guilt but also can make people to do good things. Looking at Don Richardson, he is one of the best examples who showed us of following his faith of God. He risked his life to share his faith. He knew of the bad conditions and the dangers he will face, but his faith was stronger than any of that. Only his faith of God allowed him to accept all the bad conditions with love. Don Richardson’s faith was stronger than the faith of the Sawi and their evil traditions. Therefore he could change the people of Sawi into Christians. |
Wow Lucy..:)
youre post made me think more deeply about faith. I believed until now that faith can always be a good thing because it makes us have a firm belief that even though something is not possible, it can be acheived through having great faith in it. But now that I think about the Sawi, I can see how faith in a wrong belief can create a tremendous effect on our lives as well. A "wrong" belief or faith in something can create us to do something evil according to that "wrong" faith. (wrong meaning...immoral maybe?) It is complicated how world cannot live without faith, however there are some things about faith itself that can hurt us as well. :)
pretty blog, honeyy~