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Cyn, there are two main distinctions in our use of the word faith. The one you are using refers to trustworthiness. The other meaning, with regard to religion and spirituality, refers to belief...usually a belief in something supernatural or what cannot otherwise be proven to exist.
Most of us have much faith in the first meaning of the word: societal rules and expectations, in addition to the expectation the sun will rise tomorrow as well, I guess.
But I think the question here is whether we have faith in phenomenon we cannot prove or explain. This goes beyond deism too, I think. I don't believe in deities, but I have faith in humanity and how we navigate the universe. I believe that a future is possible. That is faith in my eyes.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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