“Without doubt, there can be no faith.” That’s kind of an oxymoron, a paradox, a conundrum. There’s something unsettling about having to live with the uncertainties of life, let alone the uncertainties of faith. “Faith is the confidence in what we hope for and the assurance about what we do not see,” wrote the author of the book of Hebrews. But let’s be honest, when it comes to “religion,” it’s not just a matter of not seeing … it’s a matter of not even getting much of a hint. That said, how can any of us really take all this hocus pocus seriously?