g33k4jesus: My definition of "knowledge" and "faith"

I see the words "knowledge" and "faith" as sorta switched around. Allow me to explain.

We live in a world of uncertainty. For example, we cannot measure both the velocity and location of an atom. We cannot observe anything at all without affecting it. And since we cannot observe the way we affect something without affecting it, it is inherently unpredictable. Not only that, but we can only observe; we have to infer any sort of conclusion or fact from our observations. Which means that there is absolutely nothing we can be certain about. When we "know" something, it really means that it is above a certain threshold of probability that we can accept. To "know" something means accepting that this is the story you will believe for now, understanding that it may be proven wrong. knowledge is changing, dynamic, uncertain.

Faith on the other hand, cannot be externally changed. Faith cannot be proven or disproven. In a sense, it is the only absolute in our relative, uncertain world. While it may be the one thing that we are the least certain about, it is also the thing we can be the most certain about. One cannot know whether God exists, but that's the point. We must choose to accept it, without statistical coersion. Faith deals with a choice that really is pretty much unrelated to the physical world of observation, inference, and conclusion; we cannot use these tools to generate faith. Faith is not being 90% certain there is a God, and as you grow it gets closer to 100. Faith is believing with absolute certainty that there is a God. If i claim that i am 90% certain there is a God, then i am making up the number; faith cannot be quantified like that. It is a boolean value. 0 or 1.
That's not to say that to believe in God is to abandon logic, reasoning, and common sense. It just requires acknowledgement that faith is fundamentally different than knowledge. Faith is a realization that there is something more than what we can see. The observable world still makes sense, and God still makes sense. And faith makes sense, it's just not based on observation. It is based on a relationship.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, faith is often considered the uncertain one, and knowledge the certain, solid one. But it can really be the other way around.

PS:
Quick sidebar, this webcomic from smbc perfectly describes how i imagine having faith based on "knowing" God exists would look like.