The Mortal Dangers of Religious Faith

[Feed the Monkey]

Well for me, the actualising of prayers and determinations is faith in action. Let's agree to disagree on that one. And please note that I'm not referring to God. I'm not a God believer so I'm not holdig my breath for anything.

A quick explanation for the three proofs. These three proofs are what we use in our Buddhist practice to see if a teaching is worth following. To put it into a metaphor:
A scientist has created a new plane. He explains throughly how the new plane will work, the reason he designed it why he did, how it's interesting aero-dynamic shape will hold it up in the air. He then shows you his scientific findings and the papers that he and others have written on the subject, backed up with lots of evidence in wind tunnels etc. These two proofs are the theoretical and the documentary. But they are useless without the actual proof. If the plane takes off, and immediatly comes crashing to the ground, do you get on the plane? There is nothing wrong with desiring actual proof from any faith. In fact I demand it as part of mine. Anyway, just an explaination of why I use the three proofs in this dialogue.

I hope your undoubted faith in the fact that science holds the answers to leading a happy life come true for you friend. As yet I personally have had no answers from science into these realms as it doesn't deal with the spiritual nature of human beings nor with the realms of how human beings deal with eachother. But if you beleive that it does, then hold onto that faith. I hope it serves you well, even if I somewhat confused by the hypothesis. For me, faith begins where science leaves off.

Also on another note, science backs up everything that I beleive in my religion so far. Any scientific discovery has not rocked the eastern way of thought, merely expanded upon it and given it documentary proof.

Like I say, I beleive faith and science should walk hand in hand.

Best regards.