same thing really. Tho I would say faith has no basis in evidence (faith exists regardless of evidence, whether affirming or denying), whereas conviction can.
Faith and doubt are the results of intuition, informed by knowledge or lack thereof (ignorance).
We all take huge leaps of faith each day, what we know is tiny compared to what we do not know. That is the nature of human existence.
I think many people (John Ess being a rare exception btw) who have a problem with religion, are usually informed by their own anti-religious bias, than by anything profound, insightful or logical.
QFT!
Clayton -