Is 'faith' really a 'great cop-out'?

[CoxRox]

Hi Leo, your last post gives much food for thought and again I find myself agreeing with a lot of what you say. Faith can be dangerous but so can politics, religions, power. I still say there is a place for it at times.

When I consider the idea that the universe, or things in the universe like dna, gives the impression that it was designed, I am considering the natural ‘evidence’ which seems to imply intelligence behind the coded information in dna for example. I haven’t had to employ faith to reach this conclusion, but rather by weighing up the natural (not supernatural) information available (we can go into this in greater detail if you wish). I’m aware my reasoning abilities may be biased or dodgy in some way and am open to correction if necessary.

I would have to employ faith to start believing this intelligence is actually the God of the Bible or any of the other 'gods', including your flying spaghetti monster and that may be a leap too far for me.