Is faith a Mental Disease?

[Magnum]

Trust doesn't go together with stupidity. Trust is informed faith. They are difficult to distinguish at first glance but under higher scrutiny they become quite distinguished. I TRUST in the scientific method because it has proved time and time again that it works and yields tangible results. I TRUST my best friend because she's never betrayed me. I TRUST in mankind to slowly but surely improve itself because it's been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years.

COH

I see your point but I would like to move into analyzing this from personal experience, not directly but having seen people 'trusting' their best friends or wives and then ended up being screwed one way or another. Sure it's easy to turn around and say they were stupid but isn't the cause of that stupidity the trust itself?

I've seen many people not doing what is needed, taking into consideration the feelings of others instead of doing what was needed to protect themselves from being abused or exploited. I mean there are thousands of husbands and wives being screwed every day. I mean cheated sexually and financially etc. because of trust.