We are told leaning on a psychological crutch is bad, but who amongst us sees all, who can foresee the future, who can calculate all possibilities, has perfect knowledge of all things great and small.
Some deny that they have faith, but they do that only based off experience which themselves could be fabricated. A man without two good legs may need a crutch. Another without good eyesight will require glasses. Every man though, requires faith. We trust in things we cannot sense, and we sense things we wish to trust. The human condition requires us to hobble around, constantly running into walls. Common sense is a broad spectrum, for even the most sensible man may err because of things beyond his sight.
“Morals are illusory!” people may cry. “God is dead”, others implore. Yet, when a child is raped, or a homosexual is bullied to commit suicide, “JUSTICE!” is what they cry. The man who tells you there is no good or evil should not be concerned when a man lies with his children or when a woman kills her spouse. Society needs to maintain order some say, indeed, but to what end? If there is no ethical delimma, then order is neither good nor bad, only advantageous or the counter. Should not we then simply seek our greatest happiness? Why worry about who shall be executed or starving people in Africa?
Ontology is the study of being; being is a constant study. He should not be swayed by the fear of impeding death, for death is no more than a permanent inhibition of the senses. Man fears what he does not know, yet he is quite sure of what will happen when the light fades, he fears he may be right.
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