Christianity is a "Faith", not a belief or religion.

The word "religion" comes from the Latin "religio - I seek".

Christians no longer "seek", they have "found" what they have "faith" in.

There is no mystery. There are no questions. There is no quest. They do not require any further explanation, exploration, investigation, reasoning and/or discovery.

There is no mystery of the Universe ... just the Majesty thereof.

Just an important and necessary addition to your super thoughtful post. You have a great head on your shoulders.

On another note, Baruch ('Benedictus de') Spinoza (one of my faves) presented an interesting explanation of the gestalt 'toute la chose' when he declared God and the universe are one and the same.

From Wiki:

Spinoza's metaphysics consists of one thing, substance, and its modifications (modes). Early in "The Ethics", Spinoza argues that only one substance is absolutely infinite, self-caused, and eternal. He calls this substance "God", or "Nature". He takes these two terms to be synonymous (in the Latin the phrase he uses is "Deus sive Natura"). For Spinoza, the whole of the natural universe consists of one substance, God, or, what is the same, Nature, and its modifications (modes).

It is a bit beyond, and in no way connected to or necessary to explain what constitutes "Faith", but interesting philosophical thought.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza

I was always a bit disappointed when René Descartes boldly declared: 'Cogito, ergo sum'. Sorry, René, but I would strongly argue it's: 'Sum, ergo cogito'. Existence is the necessary antecedent to thinking. A worm "exists", perhaps even without thinking. No thinking is going to make a worm "exist".

Also, James missed the boat as he questioned the dynamics of the man observing the squirrel on the tree. In terms of how we observe astronomical phenomenon, the man and the squirrel are revolving around a common center ... the tree.

OK, I will stop my critique of Philosophy 101 foibles.

Toute chose concourt au bien de ceux qui aiment Dieu.