Faith vs Thinking  Religion creates some interesting contrasts
with the idea that people should use their own reasoning
abilities to determine their course in life. Let’s take a look
at a few issues briefly.  Faith: The very definition is that you
stop using reasoning and instead believe in something or accept
someone’s word simply because they said so. An example: If I
told you I could fly, I wouldn’t have any proof to show you and
instead would tell you that you have to have faith in me and
believe it because I said so. Similarly, you have to have faith
that a book written thousands of years ago was written and
translated accurately, that the original authors were not lying,
that they weren’t tricked into seeing miracles in the way that
street magicians can do in the modern world, and instead were
really told by God that this is how you need to live your life.
You have to have faith that there is something after death, and
that the particular religion you follow is the correct one, just
as all of the other