"...doesn't rise to a level of religious faith..." 

 but - maybe it could be comforting to know that one believes lots of stuff already. Which might help, if one WANTED to believe religiously. Most of what we do, think, and think we see, contains an unconscious, but very large, element of trust and faith - already. So we are used to believing. We believe all day. Just saying. Shabbat Shalom.