I believe that a belief that all this exists without a beginning or a cause takes faith because faith is simply believing in something you cannot prove (I think that's a pretty common definiton).
And if everything has a beginning or a cause except eternal material that means an exception to all the rules we know... it's difficult to trust that so it takes a little extra... what I would call faith. I don't know what name you'd give it but I see that my definition (listed above) could easily NOT be what you feel the word "faith" means. So, I guess I don't have another name for it. Trust? I donno...
I am familiar with that book but I don't think I've read the whole thing before. I am interested in it. I should check it out. Thanks.
You are assuming that atheists believe there is "no beginning" and/or "no cause". That's the faulty assumption.
