“all people will, to some degree, have faith in some earthly thing” Earthly “things” are not alive. I have one God and that is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. To say I would put that kind of faith in some “earthly thing”, is ridiculous. I use “earthing things” to help me, not to worship. Guns fall in that “earthy thing” category as well as every thing on earth.
I think I’m talking over myself and obscuring my point. My bottom line is, that no human has ever existed who had as much faith in God as God deserves, because no human has that capacity.