Proposition: Faith is accepting something without proof.
Proposition: Proof must be grounded in logic.
Proposition: Any proof that uses the subject of the proof itself as part of the proof is tautological and therefore invalid.
Conclusion: The efficacy of logic cannot be proved, as logic would be required to prove it.
Conclusion: Belief that logic works is faith.
Just a couple of side notes: I'm using "proof" here in its strictest sense. I'm a mathematician by training, after all. Evidence - even a great deal of evidence - is all well and good, but does not constitute proof. I'm a great believer in logic myself - I simply don't think there's any way to prove, in the strictest sense, that logic works. To my mind, that makes it faith. I believe, therefore, that atheism is not a lack of faith. Atheists simply choose to put their faith elsewhere than God.
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