Dear Prof. Dawkins, Consider the following hypothesis : 'Faith' is a necessary outcome, assuming that the current overarching paradigm of scientfic reasoning is true. Why? Objects and systems in the physical realm tend toward the ground state, the path of least resistance - Water, left alone, always flows downhill. 2nd Law of Thermo. Entropy. (For which Boltzmann paid a high price indeed!). Faith is Dogma. Dogma at the extremum requires no 'work' at all. Not even the passive action of listening, if it is internalized to the point of hearing the 'voice of god' inside one's own head. No Thinking, Analysis, Debate, or Discussion required. The 'Ground State of Humankind'. Q.E.D. Where are the 'outs' in this impromtu argument? RSVP Please! Anybody!