Reasons

[Eilonnwy]

Yes, I have faith without demonstrable proof. I do have reasoning though to back up my position. My reasoning is in the realm of philosophy, philosophy not based on provable evidence. So I disagree that philosophy is based on empirical evidence, if that's what you're saying.

All the best people self study Like a teacher friend used to say, it sets apart those who have real and sustainable motivation.

See now we're getting into semantics. To me provable evidence is empirical, but what it seems you mean by provable is that essentially you can argue god into existence and to me that's fallacious.

Besides, most philisophical arguments I have seen for god, if they can prove true which I don't think is the case, seem to argue for a deistic god, and I think if such a god exists, (Which, to be clear I'm agnostic about the deistic god) he's not really worth worshipping or believing in. You can't make the jump from saying something like god is love to then putting attributes on him like answering prayers and caring about your sex life.