First of all, i don't appreciate your condescending tone. I didn't post in this forum to be talked down to or to be belittled. If I'm just getting insults in this thread, then I don't see any reason to post here any longer. You can believe what you want, but you have no right to be condescending to anyone elses opinion.
Second of all, I don't accept your definition of faith.
Let's step out of my "fantasy bubble" (::rolls eyes::) and lets take God out of the connotation. If you had faith in your wife? what are you believing in? That your wife won't cheat on you right? Why would you have faith in her? Because you have no logical proof or material evidence? Or because she told you she loves you and she showed it?
What does it mean when you loan 20 bucks to a friend in "good faith"? Because you know that he will pay you back when he said he would right? Why would you believe him? Probably because you've loaned him money before and you know he's paid you back every time. If he was a shady individual and never paid back his loans, then you probably wouldn't have much faith in him.
I keep my money in the bank, because I have faith that I will be able to take X amount of dollars out of the bank whenever I want. I have faith that my money is backed the the government, so that I have confidence in doing business with the currency. Otherwise, I'd still be bartering chickens and goats.
I'd still say stuff like genetically engineering ourselves and weeding out "undesireables" is pretty dark. That's just my opinion. You start explaining off some things and its a pretty harsh way to describe people and phenomena (i.e. a statement like "there are more black atheletes because their ancestors were once slaves and were bred to be stronger and faster", etc. etc.). Maybe its just me, but I don't like describing people like that.
