Faith In Government

According to Victor Hugo “Faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing” (Hugo). Faith, or the unquestioning belief in something, is crucial to the maintenance of society, and in fact makes up the majority of its foundations. Faith is more pervasive of one’s entire being than trust and, when exploited, can have both positive and negative effects on the individual and society. Faith’s consequences upon the human mind affect both reason and emotion, both of which are explored in this essay. Governments cannot successfully control their populations without a substantial amount of faith within them. Questioning a government’s every move exposes its flaws, which leads to chaos as citizens discover that their government is

The American people’s complete acceptance of the financial advice of their government in 2006 led to the recent housing bubble from which the lower and middle classes are still struggling to emerge. The government’s financial advisors, who practically ran Wall Street, twisted citizens’ perception by convincing them that buying a home was like building a mini bank and refinancing was investing in it. The Glass-Segall Act, which kept commercial and investment banks separated, could have prevented this, but the banks were deregulated in the 1980s. Americans, who were promised to profit, suddenly found themselves without a home or their life savings. These disillusioned Americans were left wondering how their government could have betrayed them so openly and

I went to a private Christian school and attended church every Sunday as I was told. As I grew up and began the process of communion and confirmation, I began to notice a creeping doubt in my faith. I hid this for years and tried to force it out, but there was no hiding from it, I simply could not make myself believe. The more research I did into my birth religion, the more I began to notice its flaws. Once carefully hidden far away from my innocent faith, the cruel history and reality of my own religion and culture became suddenly apparent. After a brief existential crisis, I realized how much easier it would be to go back to Catholicism without ever looking back. However, I knew that I would find no peace of mind in resignation. After exploring the holiness of other religions and spiritual movements, I now rest in a state of agnosticism, content to accept the fact that I simply will never know the