Are you a Knight of Faith? Christian Philosopher Kierkegaard describes people in three categories: Aesthetic, Ethical, and Religious. The aesthete is simply someone who lives for sensuality and pleasure. The ethical, who he calls the "Knight of Resignation," attempts to live a moral and ethical life, but stops short of discovering the true meaning of life because he or she continues to run straightway into the Absurd, and fails to overcome it. The absurdity of life is an event thrown at us from unknowable causes, flawed systems, or sinful actions. Sometimes there are never any really good answers. The Knight of Faith, the religious, supersedes the mysterious uncaused cause, the dubiousness of flawed systems, and the effects of sinful decisions by doing something. What does he or she do? When he encounters the absurd, when nothing else makes sense, he takes a leap of faith, touches the Transcendent and firmly lands on his or her feet. We all need a touch of the transcendent. The Knight of Faith is a tremendous model.
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