What is the value of faith?

[Diana]

I think we may be experiencing a conflict of semantics. Here is the Webster's definition of faith:

Definition of FAITH
1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty
b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith>

I am having trouble following this thread as there does not seem to be a consensus on what FAITH is. Would anybody like to give it another go? I was basing my comments on the accepted definition of faith that we are all privy to in the dictionaries[/quote].