Faith, Worldview, and the End of Xenocide.

So, at the end of Xenocide we see that the daughter on the planet Path has decided to continue to act and live as if she had OCD to appease the gods...it makes sense if you read the book.
Anyway, in continuing the people at first think she is mad. Then after a decade they think she must actually still be speaking to the gods because life without the gods was so hard. Then another decade or so and they start coming to her and following her example as a sign of reverance. Then she becomes a place for pilgrims to journey to and speak with if only for a moment. Then, as she lay dying after a lifetime of serving no one but her own stubborn refusal to face the truth, her last words were asking her mother and father if she did it right. And for this she become known as the patron god of their planet.

This is what non-Christians think of faith. I know that Card is a Mormon but frankly this speaks of a dismissive view of those who have faith. It is always good to look at how those outside of faith see those with faith. We are so stupid to follow the crowd. We are easily coerced. We are thankful that we are being tricked by what we are being fed.

And most Christians would say that same about those without faith.

Many of the arguments atheists make against religions in general stem from their own experiences in life. That is how most people on this planet operate.
"I establish my worldview based on what I have interpreted of what I have experienced."
Every human lives this out every day. There are very few who are able to admit their worldview may be wrong. There are even fewer who seek to fix their worldview. There are a select group that can say they did fix it. Those are the ones who gave up their rights, their selfishness, and their own way of doing things and put their all in Christ. The trick here isn't fixing your own worldview. It is having your worldview fixed by the only person able to have an objective viewpoint.

You have heard that you can't see the forest thru the trees. You need a bird's eye view to see everything objectively. God not only looks from on high, but without bias, flawed, broken eyes. He has the benifit of wisdom, knowledge, and seeing all of time. He sees the beginning, the middle, and the end of not just your story, but THE story. This is the only person's worldview worth adopting because He is the only, true, WORLD VIEWER.