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Hope In Doctor Who, By John Steinbeck

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I used to believe in a naturally virtuous humanity. Now I understand that people believe what they need to believe in order to lock down that small light that is Hope. I lived the moment of truth that inspired my new state of mind when racking my head for an honest story of when my former beliefs affected me, or even just solidified my faith. I could not think of such a time. I began to remember how I came across the idea that my faith rested in humanity, and realized my faith nurtured itself inside the many different fictitious realities I visit each day. In Doctor Who, the longest running sci-fi television show in history, a man, The Doctor, explores time and space, teaching through his adventures. Originally, the show was meant to teach kids science. Since the reboot, however, Doctor Who teaches of virtue in all beings by showing on many occasions how one may appeal to another person’s sense of right and wrong before using violence to solve a problem. I, an avid watcher of the show, take each moment of selflessness to heart. To me, the world appears full of those who would give anything to stand by their morals once reminded of them. And yet, no instance of such selflessness and true defiance of vice comes to …show more content…

Steinbeck’s book, East of Eden, inspires my willingness to see hearts of gold in any and all people when he describes his own faith in humanity during an inter-chapter where he states one of the messages of his story being “that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal.” His ideas brought me to tears. For some reason, I felt as if Steinbeck had given me my first real confirmation of faith. It must have been similar to the feeling a true Christian finds in his/her baptizing ceremony. As a devoted religious follower finds themselves closer to God, I found myself closer to, and a part of, humanity as a

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