“Damien, you say you don’t value faith but what you fail to realize in saying this is that almost everything we do requires some sort of faith.”
Wrong, wrong, wrong faith, is strong belief without evidence or contrary to evidence. I use reason: conjecture, inference or direct evidence no need for faith.
Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof or strong religious feelings or beliefs. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith
“To me faith is strong belief without evidence or contrary to evidence.”
Conjecture: an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence or a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswok.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conjecture
Inference: the act or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inference