To be clear, I’m not saying we should reduce religion to what can be scientifically proven. The universe was not designed for humans and so neither our senses nor our reason can pierce the veil of reality beyond a certain point. Surely humankind will discover much much more about the universe, but we are simply too small and limited to understand it all. Faith is not waiting until all the information is in before we begin to live. Faith is not pretending to have a clear understanding of life. Faith is trusting in life in spite of its ambiguity and enormity. Faith cannot be reduced to belief in God, nor in salvation, nor in anything else. Faith is simply the intuitive sense that one is at home in the universe because one is an expression of the universe. Whereas belief is holding onto what we want to be true, faith is often an empty handed trust that we can be totally honest and still find love and meaning in our lives.Faith is our trust in life and love, not our belief in religion. Love wants to know the beloved. Science and reason are crucial filters to ensure that we are loving real people and real life and not just our invented beliefs about them.