Having Faith, How and Why?

The question of "Why do we believe" can be answered partially in many ways, however a full, complete, and legitimately "correct" answer is something that can be and will be continuously debated. Exploring the concept of religion takes us into a maze of different proportions, making an intriguing, confusing, and sometimes frustrating process of asking questions and looking for answers. The ongoing debate of whether it is scientifically plausible to be religious is not something that will be solved unless a "God" shows up in some kind of form and convinces the whole world it does indeed exist. Because a lot of who we are, where we came from, and where we will go after death is still a mystery for those who are not completely won over by the scientific or religious explanations, It can be argued that religion has been created internally to “fill the gap” for what we do not already have knowledge and concrete evidence of. As we witnessed in class via video stream, Dawkins believes that religion is( put in your choice Dawkins religion bashing word here). Moving away from Dawkins, who in my opinion is off base because of the radical stance of his arguments, a new front can be argued/presented. As stated in the article, it could be viable to believe that religion and being religious in a spiritual way is something that was created naturally by our brains in order to substitute for the unknown, because “having faith” may in a sense be better(and possibly healthier?) than coming to the point of accepting the complete unknown. In essence, I personally have not come to a formal stance on this issue as religion is something I have been exposed to, however have not taken a stance with just yet. That being said, I have quite a few thoughts and ideas that are scaffolding, and with more understanding and information, could definitely aid in constructing a formal belief.