Faith in Humanity

An integral part of FlameKeeping is that we are all part of the Divine. But what does that mean, really?

We are capable of many things, us humans. We can use tools to see things beyond the reaches of our galaxy, to guess at the beginning of time, to speculate about the future. We can conceive of worlds that probably never exist or speculate on the inner workings of an atom. And we are of the Divine.

It is easy, really, to have faith in a separate God that things are going to work out for the best. It requires faith, but not in the people you live with every day. FlameKeeping requires faith in humanity.

This doesn't mean to close your eyes and jump, assuming someone will catch you. FlameKeeping is very much about pragmatism: if it's not going to work, it's a bad idea. But it does mean that we need to both have a basic faith in humanity's decentness (for we are the Divine) and to be people that one can have that faith in, as well. We are of the Divine, and we must take that seriously. Be someone others can take faith in, and find others to take faith in.

When we cannot have faith in each other, there is something wrong with humanity. It is not the Divine one must have faith in, for the Divine exists regardless of the faith. It is humanity in which we must find faith, and humanity which must prove worthy of it as well.

Questions:
Do you have faith in other people? What does that mean to you?
Are you someone other people can have faith in? Why or why not?
What does believing in humanity mean to you? Is it meaningful? Scary? Empowering?