Here in the Philippines, pretenders are often called “plastic” mainly because plastic refers to something synthetic, something unnatural, something untrue. Two-faced people are also labeled as “plastic” by the vast majority of Filipinos. So what has this to do with faith? A lot!
Go to a worship session - no matter what religion you are - and you are most likely to find at least one plastic person. Someone who professes his faith by mouth and yet does otherwise. These people are called ‘double-standard’ people and they are the ones who pray to God and curse just minutes after they finish praying.
Unless synthetic faith is dealt with, I don’t think there will be such a thing as true faith. I myself admit that my faith is oftentimes synthetic and that’s why I know it’s true. Am I happy with it? No, I’m not and now I’ve decided to choose and take only one path in my life. No double standards.
Don’t you agree with me?
