What is heaven?

[Akincana Krishna dasa]

Oh, I was only thinking about the bible. Naturally, these always lead to the question of how can you know your book is better than the other guy's? You don't need to answer that here if you don't want to, it was a semi-rhetorical question.

How do I know my book is better than the other guys? Well, one way to get an idea is to read them. In this case, I think that's really all it takes.

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The "life comes from matter" theory is a bluff. It is not knowledge, nor has anyone come close to proving it. If you choose to believe an unfounded idea like that because dishonest scientists are ready to say that's what they think, ok fine. But without some serious evidence, it's not something I'm ready to take on faith.

Then you shouldn't take the opposite on faith either?

Faith is unavoidable. It's a precondition for knowledge. We can opt for the type of faith that strikes us as most rational.

What irks me is the common, casual dismissal of ideas which don't fit the completely materialistic paradigm, when science simply can't explain the origin of life.