And to my surprise, I found that church
I didn't come to religion because of belief or faith
I found it with knowledge.
And surprisingly, the church is based on knowledge
Hos_4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Rom_2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
1Ti_2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
2Ti_3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Heb_10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
funny isn't it, it's not about faith or belief, it's about knowledge.
No, it's not - and these passages actually prove that. It's not general knowledge they extoll, it's "knowledge of God", and "knowledge of the truth" ( very often "truth" and fact are not the same thing) . Essentially, the only "knowledge" it's being based on is knowledge of the doctrines of the church. That's not actually knowledge. It is actually the very definition of faith. I'm not saying there's something wrong with faith - just don't confuse it with knowledge.