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Bootleg Spirituality - Part 2

by Simon Patkin

(Letter sent but not published by the SCMP)

Contrary to what Tony Henderson asserts (Faith by any means, September 23) faith is not rationality. Under rationality ideas must ultimately be reduced through proper process to sensory data whereas faith says ignore logic and the senses and go by what you feel. Further, faith does not work in worthwhile decisions such as choosing a spouse. For example, a woman can fall in love but she can't have faith that a convicted wife-beater will make a good companion. She needs either objective proof of reform or a black belt in Karate to show who is boss.

As to D.L. Mohn's idea (Bootleg humanism, September 27) that “... the sites of ancient Dothan and Delphi bear testimony to things in heaven and Earth...”, this is just an arbitrary assertion typical of faith-based delusions. It is not proof of a non-existent other world.

Unfortunately, religion today has a long history of stealing spirituality and they have taken in many good people too. It is time to take spirituality back from the mystics and ground it firmly in this world.

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