It is virtually impossible for a person to live without faith. A thousand times a day, we are called upon to exercise faith—faith in ourselves, faith in God, and faith in others.
For example, you go to a classroom and the teacher begins to teach you about Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Columbus, and many other historical figures. You accept what the teacher says as truth on the basis of faith. You have never seen any one of these men; you have never talked with them by telephone; you have never shaken their hand. You accept by faith the testimony of a competent teacher that these were real people who made a mark upon history. Not only have you never seen them, but neither has your teacher. It’s upon the basis of historical records that the teacher believes and...