I am happy that this thread is growing longer. Although no one's mind is going to be changed, a discussion of this is productive because it leads people to think about the issue
and question their basic emotional values.

My observation is that people are wedded not to logical reasoning but emotional reactions determined by their upbringing, as they are molded by their parents and environment, clay statues unable to move, and yet full of vituperative opinions.

Much of the discussion of "faith" is about emotional feelings and conditioning while moving beyond faith will open new vistas of how we as humans get along with each other.
Religions, as politics, tend to solidify lines-in-the-sand opinions that require a defensive posture.

Through Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Baha'i, Sidha Yoga, and all other manifestations of the organized branches of religion, I have been a weary traveler and have found peace and rest by rejecting all of them.   I am sympathetic to those still on a religious path, there are so many thorns and brambles to scar you, so much dogma to weigh you down, and hope that you can lift the burden on your minds, free yourself from the prison of sanctimonious pronouncements and arrive at a place of freedom where your mind is clear and at the same time open to a morality and social conscience that doesn't require icons and places of worship.

I won't try to disabuse anyone that wants to believe anything that doesn't harm others.
As a strong proponent of the Separation of Church and State, the right to discover, explore, survey and question is an inalienable right of every American citizen, also, the right to reject and resist polemical indoctrination on the part of the "faithful" of any branch of religion.

So I submit to you as your inalienable right if you choose, "keep the unfaith".