The thread that won't die. <g>

Faith is a word used when people use rational arguments to question that being sold to them as true when there is nothing to support the seller's contention. For example:

"This is the best car on the market"
"Tide gets your clothes whiter than white"
"God works in mysterious ways"
"Vote for me I will fix everything wrong in the government"

As Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1758:
"The way to see by Faith is to shut the eyes of Reason."

Or to quote Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true."

DA Morgan