Hi Del,

>>Look, there is an awfull lot we don't know, even in our age. We all could say something is unexplainable is directed by god. However at some point in time we will discover the scientifical background

>See Message # 1031251.

>When you are hoping for an unseen explanation, you are exhibiting faith.

A scientist will call this an assumption rather than faith. In science there are a lot of assumptions because we cannot prove a it. I don't think there are a lot of scientifical assumptions inspired by religion nowerdays.

>"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Heb 11:1 (NIV)

No need to state the reference. I could have found a similar definition in a dictionary. In science a scientist could hope for a certain assumption to be true. In that way he could have faith in the assumption to be true. However this does not have anything to do with collective religion.