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Hmm. I'm a little upset with previous posts that describe how blind faith is ridiculous.
I agree with the sentiment, but I'm unsure how helpful saying this is; this just tends to make people defensive about their faith -- whether it be Buddhism or any other.
Anyway, I tend to think of faith as being something that is earned, not assumed. That is, I have faith that karma is at work in our lives as I have come across definite examples. Thus, my faith in it's validity has come about because of experiences I have had.
Blind faith, as I see it, takes the 'earned' portion of faith out of the picture. For example, the Bible is God's word. Well, I have no faith in this as I have absolutely no way of saying this is the case or not. So it is only fair of me not to have faith in this 'fact'.
So, no I do not think Buddhism 'needs' blind faith. In fact, this is never needed.
Just my two cents. I don't know if anyone agrees.
Namaste.
Chris