A Believer's Thoughts on Faith

[Pat Mustard]

I'm with the Huggster on this one.  People often believe that they have at least some evidence for the articles of their faith - so it's probably not accurate to say that faith is a thing held in the absence of or in contradiction to evidence.  We might accurately say that faith entails a certainty that the hypothetical evidence referenced doesn't actually meet...but hey, minor details.  I have faith in my wife's fidelity, even though no fact of her not having stepped out before can actually guarantee that she won't step out tomorrow.  Maybe the tomorrow guy is super awesome.

More esoterically, a "faith" can be devised by reference only to things that any given person deems to be (and actually are) objectively and demonstrably true.  The only real question is not whether things are some particular way, but whether we agree that they should be that way.  Even if we think (or are willing to concede) that there's good evidence that life was magicked onto earth - for example...so what?

Problem with the bolded bit is that thinking about the matter objectively, they have no reason to believe this, because no evidence is available and even a cursory review of what is touted as evidence would have it dismissed as nothing of the sort.

At least with your belief about your wife, it is based on your history with her and your knowledge of her.