Faith is not just about religion (“ >In god’s abode, questions for man ,” July 4). It is immanent in every act of ours. You board a plane because you have faith in the pilot. You believe he has a valid licence and is not drunk and that the plane is airworthy. You walk on footpaths because you have faith in motorists; you believe they will not knock you down. But our faith has been proved wrong many times in such matters.
It is impossible for a person to reason out every action of his. Even the greatest scientists have not denied the existence of a superior inscrutable power.
There are as many ways of viewing this power as the number of human beings on earth. A temple, a mosque, a church or a synagogue is no more than a symbol and reminder of such power. A tragedy or stampede in religious abodes has nothing to do with faith — it is to be attributed to poor management by the authorities.
R. Venugopal,
Chennai
The true understanding of god is the understanding of one’s self, the true meaning of thathwamasi . Pilgrimage is just one of the many spiritual quests man undertakes to feel the god within.
It is man’s greed that makes nature furious.
K.P. Rajesh,
Palakkad
