I don't accept Richard Dawkins view.
I believe faith is required for being mentally healthy. It is like a life-support system; faith gives us hope in adverse conditions, and gives us power to fight in such circumstances.
We believe, God will help us; after every dark night there comes a bright day.
If you have studied about enlightenment, you may have known that ultimate knowledge is within us. Science is unable to explain why and how enlightenment is gained. But one way to get enlightened is through right faith.
One of the greatest scientists Charles Darwin, who gave the theory of evolution (which is believed to deny interference of God in creation of human beings) did not deny God's existence and said,
“I have never denied the existence of God. I think the theory of evolution is fully compatible with faith in God. I think the greatest argument for the existence in God is the impossibility of demonstrating and understanding that the immense universe, sublime above all measure, and man were the result of chance.”
And even the genius physicist Einstein believes that "faith" and "science" are not only compatible with each other but also complementary to each other:
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
By the way, nice brief article . Please try to write somewhat bigger articles from the next time. I love to read long engaging posts. :D
I write about science and am very happy to see someone new writing great content like this one. :)
RE: Are people of faith mentally ill?