He sees the evidence. He understands it. He knows its implications and he acts contrary to it. He acts contrary to it because he believes more in God than the evidence, more in love than shame. Faith is not life lived in the absence of evidence.
Faith is life lived contrary to the evidence on every hand.
The evidence on every hand is that people are nasty, brutish, and self-centered, most of them. The evidence tells us that they will do us in. The evidence says good guys and good gals come in second, fourth or last. And yet the gospel of Mary tells us to trust God in spite of the evidence. Her son Jesus tells us to love our neighbors, care for those who use us, hope for peace in the middle of war, believe that the good in people outweighs the negative, even when we cannot see it.