[Actually David McFadzean said this. -ed.]
I would like to add something...isn't belief (working or not) a precursor to
faith? Belief is a held assumption(attitude) that a particular form of action
(thought)--meme if you like--will always yield a particular result. To the
extent that the belief holds true in practice, a faith probability is
actualized. Therefore, instead of one being substituted for the other, it is
important to understand this distinction.
I would ask if faith could exist in the absence of belief? Even if belief was
not based on one's own interaction with the environment and it was *accepted*
(untested), faith would be actualized, so the significance of faith lies in
the fact that one need not experience belief only accept belief and
then...have faith as a result still don't think the two could be substituted
for each other because they are not the same thing.
Thinking out loud,
mike