Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 01, 2012
July 31, 2012
August 02, 2012
Transcript:
Goat: Well, guys, I'm off. Today is my family's annual potato sack race. It's sort of a tradition. PIg: What's 'tradition'? Rat: Tradition is the reason for doing something you can no longer thing of a reason for doing. Goat: I hate it when I agree with you. Pig: So that's why we still see our annoying family.
That may be YOUR definition of “faith” but it’s a poor one. Faith is a firm belief in something for which there is no empirical proof. This analogy may fall a bit short but here goes: When you place your money in a bank, you are expressing faith in that bank to hold on to your money and protect it. Indeed, faith can be well-placed or misplaced. Most banks live up to your faith in them. Some don’t.
One of the best descriptions of faith: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”