Faith is belief without evidence - the opposite of reason.

This is a 19th-century caricature with no roots in historic Christian theology. (1) The New Testament word pistis and its Hebrew counterpart ʾemunah mean "trust, faithfulness, loyalty" - the word used of a reliable witness, a trustworthy servant, or a covenant partner. It is a trust grounded in reasons, not a leap into the dark. When Jesus performed miracles it was "that you may believe"; when Paul preached at the Areopagus (Acts 17) he reasoned from shared premises and quoted pagan poets; when the resurrection was preached it was supported by eyewitness appeal (1 Cor 15, Acts 2). (2) 1 Peter 3:15 commands Christians "always be prepared to give an answer (apologia - reasoned defense) to anyone who asks for the reason for the hope that is in you." The biblical posture is evidentialism with trust, not fideism. (3) Hebrews 11:1 - "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" - describes not gullibility but confidence grounded in God's track record (the chapter then lists historical examples). (4) Every human being exercises trust beyond proof: you trust the airline pilot, the surgeon, your spouse, your memory, the reliability of perception. Strict demonstrative proof is impossible for almost anything outside mathematics. Reasonable trust based on sufficient evidence is how rational agents actually live. (5) The "faith versus reason" dichotomy was invented by Enlightenment rationalists and weaponized by New Atheists; it finds no foothold in Aquinas, Augustine, Calvin, Edwards, Lewis, Plantinga, or Swinburne. The great Christian tradition has always held faith and reason as allies.