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Why would anyone believe in something they cannot prove? Since faith is a belief that is not based in proof, wishful thinking, is all it can be.
Faith is a mental projection toward a positive outcome. Assuming the elevator will stop at the floor you have designated does not come down to faith, but probability. I have no faith in machines. They break and get old, I don’t have faith that it won’t happen on my watch, but I will assume that it won’t, based on probability. In the 1000 times that I have ridden the lift to my 3rd floor office, this machine has, thus far, been reliable. Based on past experience, which is not proof but probability, it will stop on the floor I programmed it to. Mathematical statistics suggest to me that it probably won’t break down, but the fact that it has the potential to eliminates any undying faith I might have mustered up for my own security purposes.
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