Do you see any benefits to religious faith?

[Mudhammam]

If she preformed external works/miracles I would believe her. But I don't need it. If not, I'd simply listen to what she had to say and make my own decisions. More impressive if she did have a spiritual gift where she could tell me things about myself and inner life that neither she nor anyone else could possibly know.  That can't be faked so easily. She'd have to put a chip in my brain without me knowing.

Nice anecdotal and irrelevant segway btw..

I'm coming from the original meaning and function of faith, from the founding documents and the sayings of the founder, not personal opinion, that's belief. .

Goodnight!

The founding documents... LOL. Because to be commanded to believe in the incredible tales that were spun in the context of recent events (under the threat of punishment, mind you), or on account of some private experience that an individual conveyed in the language of their favored mythology, tradition, or any other non-falsifiable metaphysical scheme, is not precisely what it means to be asked to give assent on blind faith.

That's rich.