Distinguishing Passion and Faith

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The scene where Margaret and Faust are walking in Martha's garden and she begins quizzing and asking him about his faith captured my interest. Mainly, I think it reminded me of way too many cases where in our American Christian nominalism, we see many young ladies (and young men!) allowing their affections to bee wooed by someone who indeed does not share the same faith values as themselves. Personally, it seem s like common knowledge that you would date/court/romantically pursue someone who stood upon the same foundation as you, Christian or not. My observation is that this problem has spanned centuries. Why is this such a problem for societies to grasp? It is undeniable that sexual sin is one in which many fall short. It is also one that is time and again warned and commanded against throughout the New Testament (and Old)! I think there is something to this. I think that we (as in humanity) struggle with sexual sin so very much because it is an explicit act that involves both body and soul. Physical and spiritual meet within sexuality. (Now that I have gone one my tangent, I will try to get back to the text.) True and genuine faith of one who seeks a life-partner demands not merely a shared belief, but a connection of deep and rich shared faith and its application. Margaret and Faust did not have this. Unfortunately, Faust was able to distract Margaret enough to get her off of her convictions and onto her passions. Even so, Margaret's hesitancy and convicted guilt shows through, and in the end, drives her to craziness.

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  1. Carmen KnowlesOctober 31, 2017 at 12:22 AM

    This is so relevant today, before, and the future to come! I think what allows us to be so easily swayed away from our faith is our foundation. When our foundation is weak, we hold morals as insignificant and have moral desires and thoughts which allow us to be shaped by the world instead of holding fast in our faith.

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