Faith versus spirituality by Tony Wilkinson

One of the saddest and most dangerous confusions about religion is that the important thing is to believe the ???right??? things. Religious faith involves believing things which cannot be established by ordinary methods, for example the truth of sacred writings or statements about the supernatural. If such questions could be settled in the same way as, say, finding out whether there is a cat in the garage, or even whether there is life on Mars, faith would not be necessary. But they cannot. And so it is usually a matter of choice or personal conviction whether you believe, it???s not really a matter for discussion or observation. [More...]

The Lost Art of Being Happy by Tony Wilkinson

One of the saddest and most dangerous confusions about religion is that the important thing is to believe the ???right??? things. Religious faith involves believing things which cannot be established by ordinary methods, for example the truth of sacred writings or statements about the supernatural. If such questions could be settled in the same way as, say, finding out whether there is a cat in the garage, or even whether there is life on Mars, faith would not be necessary. But they cannot. And so it is usually a matter of choice or personal conviction whether you believe, it???s not really a matter for discussion or observation. [More...]