“Faith… Does faith happen by logic? “
My attempt to answer – Can faith and logic co-exist ?
Logic is the system of reasoning. If a system of reasoning has faith in nothing, it cannot truly be reasonable because faith invades every facet of mankind’s existence.
Reading Gita might not bring you to your knees. Then Scientific studies can. The more you study how the universe operates, how the world was put together, you will logically conclude that the creation of the universe was not an accident.
Take, for example, molecules. Many grade-school children are able to tell me that a water molecule consists of H2O. Most of these children have not actually seen a molecule broken apart. So, having never seen it, can they truly say it exists and confidently assert what it is made of? I personally cannot. I am forced to admit that I have put my faith in the textbook, and I believe what it tells me about the composition of a water molecule. That, is faith in its simplest form. The evidence of things not seen.
The human is a spiritual being. We have a void within ourselves that must be filled with a belief in something. Everyone has faith. Even a person who believes he has no faith does have faith that there is no faith. Faith is a belief in the unknown. Faith is a belief in tomorrow. Faith is a belief in your next breath.
Above I mentioned molecules, and their composition of atoms. What holds these atoms together has yet to be explained without controversy. It is still unknown how the building block of life – the atom – holds together with other atoms to form the molecule. Yet it does.
Jyana Yoga
An important Yoga of the four fold path to salvation. Jyana Yoga (Yoga of wisdom) also tells to question every thing and search for a logical answer. Question the very exisitance of faith and find a logical answer to whether faith exist, if you find a logical answer your soul is liberated regardless of what answer you got.
GOD Scientifically
1. That the universe has a beauty that is more than skin deep. For example, the one-celled organism or the choreography of the cosmos. ‘This whole thing was created by a Supreme Being,’
2. That if a person can believe in black holes and multiple universes, then it would be no big deal to believe in God.
3. That in science there is one truth and one set of laws. This shows the uncompromising truth that there is one truth, one standard of right and wrong.
To say one believes in nothing is to say that person believes in believing in nothing, and therefore believes in something. Faith is not only logical, it is essential to our way of life. God not only exists, but his creation also affirms it.
And to Conclude a Line by Swami Vivekananda :
“ FAITH IS BELIEVING WHAT IS NON APPARENT “