Well... Most people refer to "faith" as "choosing to believe even when there's not evidence" (which seems idiotic to me). But that seems to be the stance of many people.
They want to believe so they choose to believe.
It certainly doesn't have the value in life that a belief based on evidence and observation has. Personally, I don't call evidence a belief.
I don't like the word belief and pretty much say that i don't believe in anything. Only what I see, and I'm willing to let it change if I see something different.
I think that belief and faith are kind of intertwined. As for having evidence and "believing" in that sense of the word, I don't think you can choose to believe or disbelieve what your senses perceive unless we're all schizophrenic or something.
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