I can see how challenging it gets for a person to strictly believe in something that it seems that the whole world "disproves". This is why I think culturally faith is a very beautiful thing. Mixing science and faith is a very dangerous thing in my opinion.
Even though it seems hard from some to do, I think its a very important thing to do. I personally think that science and faith can truely co-exsist just fine. People thought it was heracy to believe that the Earth was not the center of the universe, but look at us now, religion is still strong now and we beleive that the sun is at the center of the solar system. Works just fine...
I look at learning about other faiths not as testing your own faith... but understanding our neighbors.. and the current rising conflicts of today.. and probably forevermore.
- "Only two things in life are infinate, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not so sure about the former." - Albert Einstein