Friday, December 9, 2011

FAITH

Someone recently asked me if I was a faith or a non faith person. I found I had to do some deep thought and soul searching to answer that direct question. Not every one has the same definition for faith. Some think it means the same thing as trust. Some are thinking it pertains if one believes in God or not, etc.

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My response: I find it difficult to answer your question concerning faith. I am a mathematician and computer scientist and lived most of my life logically programming computers to serve human user requirements. There are times when it is best to follow one's heart and soul instead of one's mind. The mind is limited, the soul is not. Faith is simply a positive assumption for what is not yet empirically knowable, what intuition and receptivity to truth allows us to believe to make our world coherent, cohesive, and compatible for communities to function competently.