As many people have already pointed out, the argument in the OP is biased on the definitions that you use.
To me, faith is a strong belief in something. The Oxford dictionary says it better than I can, as it defines faith as:
"Complete trust or confidence in someone or something"
Source: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/faith
The above definition does not include (or exclude) reasonable thinking. I think faith is reasonable, but I agree that there can be cases were someone's faith can also be unreasonable.
In my view, we've all had to go on faith at some point in our lives, whether that was in church or in science class.
When was the last time anyone personally saw an individual atom? Yet we believe that they exist. More than likely, we were told that they exist by a teacher or professor who never personally saw one either. Can any of us prove that an atom exists? Or do we just accept it as fact because a book told us so? Is this reasonable? I think it is. But then isn't this just our (reasonable) faith in science?
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