Comment by keenman on Faith and theory · 2011-03-31T18:07:37.136Z · LW · GW

Faith: having an unprovable axiom in your belief system that simply states that everything will work out in the end.

What I like about this definition is that it separates all religion and almost all spirituality from the discussion of faith, leaving a small pearl that you can hold onto, knowing full well it's unprovable and not subject to reason.