So I am Here with My first Question

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Faith is such a broad word, seldom sold. I might store faith in many things, family, friends and coworkers.

I don't surely invest that valuable good in fantasies.

That's an important distinction - glad you brought it up.

I've been accused in having faith in many things, but I view religious faith differently than everyday faith.  For example, when I flip a light switch in my home, it can be said that I have 'faith' that the lights will go on or off.  But this expectation is based on a reasonable statistical universe - I've flipped light switches tens of thousands of times, and the lights virtually always go on or off.  I don't expect that raspberry jam will ooze out of the light fixtures, or that our home will be struck by a boulder made of mastodon dung.  Religious faith - gods are real, gods pay attention to us, I'm going to heaven when I die -  is a little different because theists do NOT base their faith on experience (oddly enough, a lot of them seem proud of this, which puzzles me).

So, I'll go on having reasonable expectations based on experience.  If it pleases theists to call this 'faith', I shan't quibble.

Boru

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You do have faith in many things. This is different definition than what the OP is defining as having A faith, which should really be restated as having A religion.

I liked your comment on everyday faith. I find that my exact definition of my religious faith. My faith is exactly based on my repetitive experience. For example, when I walk in faith in my life, it can be said that I have 'faith' that God will guide my steps.  But this expectation is based on a reasonable statistical universe - I've walked in faith tens of thousands of steps, and God always shows His love, compassion and wisdom and uses those experiences to reflect Him whether I see them as good or bad.