My Fellow Atheist

[Ryft]

I have recently redefined belief. I used to think belief and faith were two words interchangeable with each other.

The word 'belief' is not complicated, nor is there any need to complicate it. It simply means to accept or hold something as true (including tentatively); i.e., intellectual assent that some X squares with reality. To the extent you accept that science squares with reality, you "believe in science." I always find it both tragic and hilarious when someone claims, "I have no beliefs"—as though it is a dirty thing to be avoided.