1) i hear you stating your point of departure / «end of the line» / etc. & admitting — for you — that this is a
somewhat arbitrary thing... or, at the very least, requires «
faith»... for lack of a
less - loaded term.
Christian
faith is so much
faith and so little sight that its adherents are always seeking for some demonstration which will prove to themselves and others that it is true, though the demonstration is bound to be
somewhat beside the point — like most miracles — proving not truth but utility, and exhibiting a power which may be that of God, but may also be that of
faith itself, or of spiritual forces
somewhat less than divine.