What could one conclude, with rationality, about the validity of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation? What is the purpose of human beings and their nature? Why might it be an instinctive reaction to emergency-type life events that people pray and seek spiritual assurance from a greater being? One may question how each of these questions may correlate with one another, but the root of their controversy points toward a greater picture, one which is beyond interpretation. As life and existence function in such a large universe, a supreme being has been presented through a multitude of evident angles that even through the seemingly perfect scientific reasonings and long periods of emotional suffering, God has proved sovereign in a sense which gives men no reason to abandon …show more content…
With this being said, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Emily Dickinson have asserted their ideas of truth which can be noted and integrated in a sense which leaves no room for furthering such a debate around faith and its pervasiveness in every person’s reality.
In this life on Earth, spirituality is hard to miss. Whether one looks at a mountain range and is in awe of the unique beauty, or they are mourning the loss of a loved one, there is more often than not, an emotional relation to a supreme power. For many, this source of conviction or guidance lies in what is commonly known as a faith, or the Greek word pistis. Faith in God, faith in a theory, or faith in oneself, there is reliance upon something which may not be perceived yet is evident as a result of what can be seen. In the poem, Faith is a fine invention by Emily Dickinson, four short and powerful lines are used to define this popcorn-like word to encompass the idea of spiritual belief in modern society. Commonly, if one resides in a life of spirituality, there are two roads which can be taken to invest time and interest. First, there is religion, what “...gentlemen can see.” (line 2) Nearly thirty-one percent of the