With an increasing amount of people seeming to lose faith in a higher being, I am intrigued with the thought that many people find God for the first time after they have an experience with death. One thing that has become apparent to me is that belief in God is found within faith, and not reason. Yet, it is reasonable for a person with faith in nothing to come to God when they realize that they are mortal. The idea of not existing is too hard for these people, and religion allows a person to continue living life normally without the burden of future non-existance. Other people find religion after their life hits rock bottom, and I find this to be a reasonable human action as well. Most people who hit rock bottom do so because they have no guidelines in their lifestyle. Once a person finds religion, they have guidelines to help them get on a good track. Once they are on a good track, they can say that they were directly helped by God because of their faith.
I am not saying that these people's faith is impure, because that is not the case, but instead I am saying that most people find religion because it is a reasonable thing to believe in. It would be too hard to think that there is no life after death. So much of living would seem worthless. And maybe if a person is unable to fathom this idea, they may rationalize their way to a belief in a higher being. What I am saying is that many of us say we are searching for truth, when instead I feel that we are searching for what makes life the easiest to live. Hopefully, the easiest path is in all actuality, the truth.
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