Faith is required. But not in the way that you say. I encourage you to seek out the scriptures that you would have faith, in God and Jesus. There is no offence for you if you already have have faith.
If you don't have faith about what is said in the Bible, you won't have the correct faith in God and Jesus. It's so because faith is the way how a truth is conveyed. I suggest you to re-read what I said, as you missed the point.