Yesterday I spent a few hours and dinner with my 90 year old uncle (my dad's brother) Bud. We share family heritage, interest and careers in technology and we also discuss views on life, death and philosophy. Yesterday we were into, 'How do people come to an absolute belief in their religious view?' He says it comes down to 5 letters, F-A-I-T-H. There is no fact, there is no research or technique to prove a religious belief. It's faith. A consummate story teller, Bud's question is his hook when engaging visiting ministers at the assisted living community.
As a physics student I studied Richard Feynman through 'The Feynman Lectures on Physics'. In my youth, I was taught religion and participated in a great church community. I related to spiritual concepts which provided a good foundation but the absolute nature of my Christian upbringing did not fit well. It left no room for doubt and uncertainty. I enjoyed this Feynman interview and am today grateful for a sense of the bigness of the Universe and the mystery.
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