Theists, what does faith mean to you?

[ignoramus]

I just wonder why you presume to know so much about god and what it wants from you.  If you're careful enough in your reasoning to acknowledge that gnostic theism is disingenuous, why assume that the god you suppose exists is either the Christian one as revealed by the bible, or else nothing at all?  I find that troubling.

Whateverist, that is a different discussion entirely and one that I would be happy to have but is a pointless discussion to have if you do not first agree there must indeed be A God.  Once you accept the premise that there must be a God only then can you ask the question, which God?  But if you are coming from the premise that there is no God it is pointless to have that discussion.

We hear you matey, and this is why most of us are agnostics.
But what we cannot swollow is the concept of God as described by the popular institutions which we find outrageously unfathomable.
Why must an intelligent person as yourself pidgeon hole themselves into said " religion"?
Peer pressure? Socially acceptable? Parents belief?

Believe what YOU want, not the fast food packaged God which happens to be the flavour of the month.