I think the word "faith" (like the word "belief") carries with it sufficient ambiguity that one may be justified in saying that science does involve some amount of faith/belief -- or not, depending on what one means by these terms.

I think the problem here, though, lies more specifically with the phrase "faith-based", which has been a little abused by certain political movements with antiscientific agendas, which shall remain nameless in respect of the forum's rules.

As someone else once said about another discussion a long time ago, the disagreement here is really about the subtext more than the substance.

Incidentally, welcome to the forum, Thumping.

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