92. "Believe" is only taken to mean "faith-based" by a small section of the populace.
Apart from some atheists, most people don't regard the term "belief" as having any connotations as to how that belief was arrived at. I would certainly say I believe in the truth of the theory of evolution (not quite the same as "I believe in the the theory of evolution, but the difference is largely semantic) without thinking about it, unless I was talking on DU where I know the word "believe" raises hackles oddly.
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