Reason is one path to faith; but it is not the only path. And it may not be the safest.

There is no man so lost as one who is certain he knows the way.
There is no man so blind as one who is sure of what he sees.

You may give of your own life. Do not take that of another.
You may give of your own time. Do not take that of others.

To doubt is good. To question is good.
But when the answer comes, you must question again.
Test the question and test the answer, even though the person answering is you.

The gift of sight is given to many.
The gift of vision is given to few.

The curse and the blessing..

The curse of the prophet is
to see what is,
to see what was,
to see what will be,
to see what can be,
to see what could be.
The blessings of the prophet are also these.

Materiality

Materiality is neither good nor ill. It is both.
When driven only by knowledge it is for ill.
When driven by wisdom it is good.
As the flesh needs to be driven by the spirit,
knowledge must be directed by wisdom.