[Mrs. Don-o]

"My dictionary has it as ... "belief, the term of broadest application in this application implies mental acceptance of something as true, even though absolutely certainty may be absent; faith implies complete, unquestioning acceptance of something even in the absence of proof and, esp., of something not suported by reason."

I do not thisnk your dictionary definition is adequate. Belief, as we use the word in casual everyday speech, usually means a reasonale inference from evidence:

"I believeI can pass my Algebra test tomorrow."

In common parlance, it also means trust:

"I told my husband on our wedding day I really believed in him."

THeologically, Faith is not accepting something with little evidence, with dubious evidence, or against evidence: that is called the sin of credulity.

Philosophically, belief is accepting the knowledge of a knower, e.g. Person #1 knows from direct experience,strong evidence or dispositive proof; Person #2 believes Person #1 because he has evidence of another sort: evidence that Person #1 is honest and knowledgeable.

So your dictionary definiton only covers a small portion of the semantic field indicated by the words "faith" and "belief."

[OldNavyVet]

Faith is not accepting something with little evidence, with dubious evidence, or against evidence

Given the fact that there are many religions, none of which believing in any other; how can any thinking human claim that their religion is IT?