Right, and people don't have faith in God. They've read his book, seen a few of the things he's done, and his reputation precedes him.
God hasn't written a book. No one has seen anything he's done. He does have a rep, though. So does Santa.
And if you can demonstrate something that god has done, I'll bet you could collect a million dollars from the Randi Foundation.
Because they are, for the most part, untestable.Why can’t I submit a religious or spiritual claim?
untestable claims are pretty much useless in terms of determining their truth. That's fine if you are claiming something as a subjective opinion or truth i.e. " I don't feel well." or " Lady Gaga sucks"...However, if you're making an assertion about something being a fact, if we can't test the truth of your claim, then, sorry, we feel no need to believe you.