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Believe Yet Not Live It

Believe Yet Not Live It

Please consider the following quote and place your thoughts about it within your reply:

"To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest."
-- Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi - (1869-1948)

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To me this sounds like something some one might say to force a suggestible person to act without really believing. I would say it is possible to want to believe something and not live it. At times within one analyzing their beliefs, questions will bring themselves out into the conscious mind.

Thus a person could not be living something they believe because they are unsure that they really believe it. Also this is a general statement that could be used to encompass an entire book of doctrines. Meaning someone may believe some parts of a doctrine but not others. Many would argue you cannot pick and choose. If you believe you have to believe all of it. Often these same people pick and choose parts of the doctrine to focus on while ignoring others.

In short I think in this context it is a narrow minded quote. However if it is being used in the context of pointing out that someone proclaims a doctrine as their belief but then does the opposite away from certain eyes. This would be considered dishonest. Maybe I have over analyzed this a tad, I wonder what the original context it was written in is.

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Or it can be seen as a way to get someone who expresses their belief to put their money where their mouth is or their actions to meet their words. Isn't common for most people to say they believe in god but act like they don't?