A nobel "Fear and Trembling" by Soren Kierkegaard is a philosophy about 'faith'. The definition of faith is the confident belief in a thing or a person. In my opinion, Catholic makes people slaves, giving all the power to God; those people believe everything unexplainable possible by the name of God. On the other hand, Kierkegaard shows a great passion toward God as a human. He believes that faith toward God is the most way to show a passion of mankind.
During the 18th century, everyone tried to go further from what the faith was. However, Kierkegaard said that philosophy, many people had enthusiasm for, was just a thing comes from a brain while sitting on the desk, giving no enough passion people can throw out all their things. The world is changing and cultures are passing down to the next generation, but no ability for passion works the same way. people get the ability only by struggling throughout their lives. Moreover, the only 'faith' enables the passion.
I understand his story in "Fear and Trembling" because I know the merits of the rationality, intellect, and morality. However, I'm not sure if his theory also make sense to non-religious people. While having impact on religious people, It is confusing that it also affects to non believers.
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I agree on what you have said about how he believed that the faith toward God is the best way to show passion. I like how you interpreted his writing style to your own religious thoughts.
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