Faith cannot be separated from science. Faith is based on acceptance of evidence. All science is built on faith in the observations of others. I have faith that light has some properties of waves, because I can observe the interference pattern when it passes through parallel slits. I have faith that astronomers correctly understand the motion of celestial objects, because they can accurately predict eclipses, cometary appearances, etc. I have faith that combustion of hydrocarbons consumes O2 and produces CO2 & H2O, even though I can't physically observe the atoms switching places. I have faith that Alaska exists, even though I've never been there.
I have and its heavenly.
That is a different type of faith than the one discussed in the article. Faith in a supreme being is a very different usage of the word than having faith that the toilet will flush when I press the handle.
Science relies on the usage of the word "faith" as laid out in definition #1 below. Creationists rely on the "faith" described in definition #2, #3, #4 or #5.
faith ( P ) Pronunciation Key (f
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" ... science is built on faith in the observations of others."
Actually, science is built on *skepticism* about the ability to replicate the observations of others. It is this healthy skepticism that accounts for progress in refining, and occasionally overturning, scientific theories of the past.