A Believer's Thoughts on Faith

[Deesse23]

Deesse23: i think it's odd that so many current atheists put down faith and suggest they dont recognize the concept when i know there is a quote circulating among them that says "it takes faith to be an atheist".  but my general definition of faith is believing that step C, D, etc is attainable when your understanding only shows you how step A leads to step B.  also, i havent avoided your question, but i'll try to guess at what's causing the confusion. a more bold person mayve said they could prove that life is lived by the faith of the beliefs of one's own heart, not by an attempt to be "correct" from another person's point of view.  i believe this based on what we can see, not from what i've only told myself.  so i'll try to give a quick argument in support of this:

Please stop evading me.
Dont tell me i dont know what faith is, without telling me what you define as faith. I gave you my definition. Please return the courtesy by giving yours.
What is faith?

from what we can see, those that havent decided what they believe oppose faith, pushing it back so that they can live in comfortable neutrality.

Please dont evade me asking what you believe and why, be telling me what (you think) i believe and why.
Its a strawman and quite dishonest.

i think those of faith will accept that other beliefs exist and not try to silence them by force.

Are you being silenced here?
Am i trying to stop you talking about your beliefs, or is it you who refuses to give us insight into your thought processes?
Stop being dishonest
Or is dishonesty part of properly practicing christianity? (i dont know, since i am not a christian)

For the upteenth time: Please give me your definition of faith, and stop rambling on completely irrelevant tangents.