But what is “faith,” exactly? Most evangelical Christians (and Muslims and Mormons as well) equate “faith” with unquestioned belief in a set of propositions whose sole authority is that they were recorded in a text revered as sacred and divinely inspired. (I.e. the Bible, the Qu’ran, or the Book of Mormon). The logic of such “faith” is circular: “it’s true because I believe it, and I believe it because it’s true.” But this is balderdash.
Real faith is not just “belief.” It does not depend on any sacred text or proposition at all. Rather, it is intuitive and nonverbal: the peaceful acceptance of that that is, while letting go of the subjunctive (“if only…”). The best expression of pure faith I know is the mantra that forms the centerpiece of the Prayer of Jesus: “Thy will be done”.
This does not entail any claim to knowledge of what God actually wills; just acceptance of reality.