It annoys me when people say things like this:

I gave up my belief. I did not give up my knowledge. True faith requires the opposite. I had no true faith. I was not a true believer. (KC, former atheist, talking about why she left her faith, although she argues on the same page that she was never Christian to begin with.)

Now, I'm sure some Christians believe that way. But is this the legitimate biblical outlook? No. See Greg Koukl's article Faith and Facts for a full discussion of this issue. A few excerpts:

Some suggest we cannot find facts to support our faith, nor is it preferable to try. This is silly. We're enjoined to have faith in part because we have evidence that Jesus rose from the dead. … Frankly, if religion is merely an exercise in wishful thinking for me, I wouldn't wish up Christianity. It's far too inconvenient. … Biblical faith isn't believing against the evidence. Instead, faith is a kind of knowing that results in action. … biblical faith [is] not just intellectual assent. It's not just acknowledging that certain facts about Jesus, the Bible, the resurrection, or whatever, happen to be true. It's taking your life and putting it on the line based on your confidence in those facts. (Greg Koukl)

I've written more than one blog entry on this topic recently but I keep seeing this "faith rejects knowledge" idea everywhere and it just bothers me because it misrepresents what Christianity should be about and perpetuates the stereotype of "blind faith".