[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]As to Faith: To me, Faith is more than a comfortable stopgap when I don’t have a better explanation. Faith is the belief in something More that I cannot comprehend and Reason provides the process whereby I can educate myself and move closer to find answers to the great questions. I think there is a meaning to life and I think we are here for some reason other than just existing and passing on.[/quote]
Well said, and I don’t necessarily disagree with your definition here. I think that it is a distinctly human trait to need to attach meaning to everything. But sometimes a grain of dirt is just a grain of dirt, and it doesn’t need to have a meaning. Likewise, I’m perfectly content knowing that my body is nothing more than a cluster of cells made up of various elements and that and my consciousness is nothing more than a series of electrical impulses firing inside this mass of cells we call a brain. I understand how people of faith may find this point of view sad, lonely, and depressing, but I find it humbling to know my true place in the grand scheme of the universe rather than inventing one to feel good about myself. The universe has gone on long before me and will continue long after me — and that is the source of my awe.
