Quote Originally Posted by sourcejedi View Post
The misconception of the title is often stated by scientists. It is that religious belief is a matter of faith, a very personal sense of truth, as distinct from scientific belief which is about acceptance of theories by virtue of the evidence and arguments that support them.

This is a misconception, because when a literalist (Biblical, Koranic, etc.) explains their belief, they are using that word to mean exactly the same thing that a scientist would in explaining e.g. why they believe in evolution.
When we say that a belief is based on faith, we are literally saying that that belief is not based on evidence.

In order to be convinced that you know the unknowable - that is, the truth about the existence or nonexistence of a God - you need to have faith. This is simply because no one can ever present acceptable evidence in support of or against the idea of a God.

Science is made up of models of the physical world based on evidence and the results of using those models.

Unless you can show me that you do, in fact, have acceptable evidence of a higher being's existence, then you must admit that theists have faith.