'cos you gotta have faith

In my view, having faith can make life much easier, we cannot live on bread alone, as human beings, we need spiritual sustenance. Especially considering the madness of the system we are born into. Such gross inequalities, poverty in the midst of colossal wealth, the wasting of lives through unnecessary wars, and of course the terrible, needless and careless slow destruction of the planet due to an insane desire and lust the ruling rich minority class has for fiscal profiteering.

The reality and truth of the situation can appear 'hidden' from us either because it is too much for us to think about and / or we are fed pettiness and pap to anaesthetise us. Examples such as some media like the Sun, the daily Mail, advertising, competition - starts at school, oneupmanship, these sorts of things all help mask the rotten reality of our daily lives and divert our thoughts away from the injustices of it.

There will be times when reality comes to light, all of us will experience these moments but maybe at different times and different places, some people may feel so incensed that they are driven to campaign and fight against the system. A revolutionary party such as the SWP is useful; it will enable those individuals to keep that fight going and will alert and educate people in other cases of injustices, not to mention an overall time tested theory about the most efficient and effective way to make fundamental changes in society, but that might be the subject of a future post.

For now, I want to look at the question of faith; whether it acts as a masking of the real conditions we are in, therefore duping us into accepting an unjust world and keep quiet, or whether faith or religion even can be useful to help set us free.