Faith has always been an interesting thing to me, more as a
   verb, not so much as a noun that one can possess like an pear.

   For me, I can say without much hesitating that "I am agnostic. I
   am not atheist" because I genuinely _don't know_.

   it's possible God exists.
   It's possible God does not.
   I'm ok either way.

   But then there is the level of _people_, which has little to do
   with an existence-of-God question and more to do with social
   behaviors.

   TRUE BELIEVERS of *any IDEOLOGY* frightens me.

   Example: I don't have a problems with atheists in general. But
   then there are scary atheists.

   I don't have a problem with Christians, Muslims, Jews,
   Buddhists, New Age practitioners, people who read romance
   novels, Science lovers... but I *do* take issue with scary
   Christians, scary Muslims, scary Jews, scary Buddhists, scary
   New Age practitioners, scary people who read romance novels,
   scary Science lovers.

   I believe a verbed "faith" is important for a human being to
   have - in *something* - something that organizes life for them,
   gives it structure and meaning - even if it's the concept of
   "randomness" or God - because *PURE UNCERTAINTY* in its raw,
   unadulterated form, is a *scary* emotion to find oneself with...
   no grounding, the dream/real state mixes and merges together and
   scrambles your atoms and one can become *desperate* to hold on
   to... _anything_... any branch that juts out a little.

   Some people find their stability in their faith in their
   certainty that someone else's certainty is mistaken. That
   stability isn't self-sustaining though. It requires there to be
   a "not" to stand on.

   "Well I don't know who I am, but I KNOW I'm "NOT LIKE THEM OVER
   THERE"."

   That kind of faith is shakier because it depends on people
   behaving badly for support. It depends on someone to "not be".

   Well, let's say they changed.

   Then who are you?

   So faith in something matters. Belief in something matters.

   In what?

   Whatever gives meaning.

   So I believe in belief. I "faith" humanity and our capabilities.

   My answer for God is "I don't know". It's not proof per se, it's
   just I shrug my shoulders and don't know.

   As far as the scary of any ideology, well, I take my cue from
   Carl Sagan and Joseph Campbell in that regard, Carl for his
   political views on the issue, and Campbell for his views on its
   power, its awe, and its beauty.