@georgia @shibao

"God" is a metasyntactic variable. It has no inherent meaning on it's own, but is entirely subject to the theology of the person(s) using it. Even within a single faith tradition like Christinanity the theology can vary widely resulting in mass murder over disagreement as to the minutia. Moreover the arguments that there's a singular conscious being at the end of the rainbow or whatever are all on pretty shaky ground. Which is why you have arguments like Russell's teapot, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which by contrast are equally as well grounded in evidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntactic_variable

Another aspect people frequently overlook is that "faith" implies doubt. Faith is a coping mechanism which helps people hope for the best when all evidence is to the contrary. As such "faith" is incompatible with unshakeable "belief" (ie. opinion) which does not allow room for doubt. Given the mysterious nature of the world and our lack of true understanding of how it works or from whence it arose, belief in some absolute infallible answer to those questions is itself tantamount to wilful self-delusion.