今天的课程，提到宗教信仰的力量。
为什么一个国家只有信奉神灵才能强盛呢？一份坚定的信仰能够为人类带来哪些好处呢？无法得到验证的神灵还值得我们去信奉吗？
1）信奉神灵可以: inspire hope, devotion, sacrifice; offer comfort to the hearts of the distressed, courage to embattled souls，can stir or frighten the self-seeking individualist into some moderation of his greed, some control of his passion.
2）一份坚定的信仰能够为人类带来：if to belief in God is added belief in personal immortality: the hope of another life gives us courage to meet our own death, and to bear with the death of our loved ones; we are twice armed if we fight with faith.
3）无法得到验证的神灵依然值得我们去信奉：it will do us no harm to believe, and it may do us and our children immeasurable good.
宗教提到的终极关怀，就是去思考人死了之后会去哪里。让我想到了西藏的藏民，她们对于宗教的信仰，就是为了让自己死后可以得到天葬，身体放在神山的山顶，在达赖做完法后，被秃鹰吃干净。所以在生前会努力行好事，且保持身体健康，不吃药不做手术，因为身体一旦做了手术，就是不完整的，也不能进行天葬了。
甚至很多人，会把自己一年积蓄的90%拿出啦捐赠给当地寺庙，也是这里提到的，it can frighten the selfseeking individualist into some moderation of his greed。
因为死后的世界，是一个无法用常理去解释的存在，所以寄希望于宗教，则可以give us courage to meet our own death
