Verifying is a big word though. Spending a lot of time with a concept and seeing it from more angles than previously is a powerful thing because there is a certain sensation of belonging and rooting yourself to something meaningful. Even more so if there is a community around the idea.

It sounds like you believe in biblical literalism which to me is probably the most bewildering aspect of christianity of them all. As I see it, the new testament describes a man who figures out he is a god in the Hindu sense, that is to say he realises he is god in the role of jesus christ, much like a flower is god in the role of a flower. And this of course doesn't fly in the society in question because monotheism doesn't do well with the idea of multiple deities.

I agree there is a major element of faith in bitcoin like there is in all things. We can't verify everything. The difference to me is that in Bitcoin "faith" can be translated to "optimism" and "trust" whereas "faith" in the christian context is very much tied to fear of punishment and damnation everlasting. Even the concept of heaven is wrong on a deep level because if everything is good in heaven then good becomes meaningless. Good and bad always emerge together and therefor heaven cannot be always good. And therefore it is not heaven at all.