You know, it would help if you didn't selectively choose your definition...cardgame said:Making up your own definition of faith doesn't really work here; when you're talking about faith in general, people tend to think of faith, not "bill's definition of faith".
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith said:2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God
That's vastly simplifying it, but it's more true than the definition you're talking about, and it's certainly not a definition that I'm making up.