No. If we try to stay within the boundaries posed by the question then the answer, in my view, is no. A believer can not make such a case. Please lets not forget the key word here is "superiority". Is faith superior to knowledge? No. Is knowledge superior to faith? In my view, that depends...
In view of providing logical answers to everyday things, like science can answer the questions of evolution, then knowledge is a great thing and is superior to the current definition of faith. At this level, faith, in its existing definition, can not be compared because faith has gone from an expression of belief to a tool of manipulation. It has been redefined and we have taken this definition for so long that it is hard to go back. Since science has come to disprove many of the old beliefs, then faith has fought back because "faith" as a means to explain everything is much, much older than science. Faith is trying to hold its ground as the wild card of existence. In this aspect, knowledge is superior in which by nature, it questions itself constantly.
In view of the real definition of faith then things change. Sure, the bible may say that without faith is impossible to please God because you must believe. But that is just one paragraph. I am not defending the bible, I am just saying that we can not define an entire religion as good or bad with just one paragraph of such huge book. In doing so, we would not be any different than them. The truth is the bible is plastered with people of "great faith" who did nothing but demand proof of everything. Even Abraham himself demanded proof. The reliance of faith comes down to levels of impossibility. Especially if we base it in the examples we had from such an old book, when knowledge was not that great. Today, burning a calf on an altar after a voice from the skies orders you to do it may not go too far to convince people God exists. Sure some would but there is technology available that could make this happen without divine intervention. If people of those days saw such a thing, they would have immediately accepted that a power bigger than them has cause this. But there was things that were not so conclusive, even back on those days. When God asked Moises to go to Egypt, he asked God.. how would they know you sent me? He gave them signs. More than one actually. I remember the days in my old book studies when we often would pose either the questions or the affirmation... why would they have such a hard time having faith in God when they had seen so many miracles? ... if I had seen such things happen in front of me I would not have a bit of a doubt. I would not have lost my faith. Not true, as I have come to conclude.
Then there is also competition. Competition with the claim that other Gods could do the same. The bible mentions that some of the priests of Egypt could replicate some of the things Moises did in front of them. It did not come down to just wether God existed or not, it also came down to wether other Gods existed and which one was more powerful. With that said, faith came down to test you in each different situation. You had seen God do some things but since you are coming to know this God, how do you know how far his power goes? If he did a small things in front of you and then told you he was the only one and the most powerful one, would it be easy for you to stand in front of the Red Sea, with the Egyptian army on your butt and just a couple of reassuring words to go with?. It would be natural that they would lose faith. Therefore, faith is almost like a credit report you hold of your God. You have experience his abilities time after time and therefore you would eventually conclude that there is nothing you can fear. That is when faith has reached a pinnacle in your life. Not going to say it has happened to me but I am open to the possibility. I am just waiting for that God to reveal himself to me.
Meanwhile, science and knowledge have sure built a very good foundation based on the evidence it has presented. Science is not a God or my God for that matter, but sure I can expect that if science says that certain thing is going to happen, there is little doubt in my mind that it will happen. I have "faith" it will happen. Sure science has failed in the past. Up until the 70's homosexuality was classified as a decease and they had an ICD code for it, just like the flu. I keep saying that back then, just like the WT, we were convinced science had it figured it out. Many have claimed that back then they were just ignorant. Sure thing they were, but the science was contemplated as solid enough to add an ICD code. Put yourself in those days and you would have defended that science against any faith that would have said otherwise. It just so happened that at that time science and faith agreed.
Faith has been redefined as blind belief for the purpose of manipulating the masses. Faith and science should, in my view, never be considered superior to one another, so long that you don't do so within your own realm of definition. They should stay apart. Science can answer the physical world while faith can answer our own emotional and spiritual questions. After all, faith is not a modern invention. It is just as ingrained on us as many of the other things our ancestors gave us. It just need to be put back in its rightful place.
