re : i have a dilemma, page-5

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If the dentist informs you that one of your fillings is cracked and you allow him to replace it even though you don't have a toothache, then your belief in his truthfulness is based on blind faith in a learned person.

In our complex technological society, we must base some decisions on blind faith because we can't become experts on everything.

However, we don't generally use blind faith as a basis for our beliefs if a mistake could be life threatening or financially ruinous.

When a false belief can have grave consequences for ourselves or our loved ones, we may consult available experts or "learned persons" but, ultimately, we weigh the evidence ourselves and personally make a decision about what is true or what represents the best course of action.

Consider, for a moment, the interesting possibility that you, as a person, may continue to exist after the death of your physical body.

Consider the additional possibility that this existence may be either meaningful or meaningless depending on what's in your heart when you die.

Given these premises, a false belief about what should be in your heart will have grave consequences. If you deal with this possibility like you deal with other important issues, you will not blindly accept the opinion of a learned person. You might consult a parent, teacher, pastor, priest, rabbi, mulla or guru but, ultimately, you will personally weigh the evidence and personally make a decision.