I can't make the distinctions you make. I see faith attached to many different objects and/or ideas. Some of these things may be more important or less important to one observer. And faith may be stronger or weaker, but I don't see the division that you do. OTOH:
Main Entry: sci·ence
Pronunciation: 'sI-&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin scientia, from scient-, sciens having knowledge, from present participle of scire to know; probably akin to Sanskrit chyati he cuts off, Latin scindere to split -- more at SHED
1 : the state of knowing : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding
2 a : a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study <the science of theology> b : something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or learned like systematized knowledge <have it down to a science>
3 a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method b : such knowledge or such a system of knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena : NATURAL SCIENCE
4 : a system or method reconciling practical ends with scientific laws <culinary science>
It seems to me that science often uses instruments to accomplish its ends. For example, scientists use telescopes to assist with their observations. In fact, the eye(s) is an instrument used by the scientist as a tool in his or her work to discover the truth and knowledge. No? Scientists also need to verify that the instrument is used correctly and that the results of its use are correct.
So too, everything that a scientist does and uses passes thru consciousness at some point or many points in time. In a very real sense, consciousness is a tool of the scientist. (e.g. see Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle as a conundrum of science and a conundrum about tools.) Everything is filtered thru consciousness. So, wouldn't it be a good idea to examine it in that light? Maybe we could improve upon the product of science if we understood the instruments used in the process of discovery-- better. I'm trying to scientifically look at the instrument here, the tool of awareness or consciousness. I'm looking for evidence of how consciousness works. I look for what's in our subjectivity, or heads or minds. I don't believe looking at alpha or beta brain waves is actually looking at the instrument as it needs to be looked at. Consciousness appers to me to be a tool of the scientific method.
So, right now, on this thread, we are examining how consciousness works as a tool. If we happen to find God along the way, so be it. But either way, finding out about the instrument that observes knowledge would be important, wouldn't it? I don't see the distinctions that you see as so important quite so important. In fact, they may be an obstruction to finding knowledge and truth. If 'm wrong, in my thinking, please let me know.
--Greg