[Kevy Baby]

The best responses I can offer are from my own experience.

I (loosely) practice an earth-based religion (Wicca). I was drawn to this not because of what it offered me, but because the basic tenents of Wicca (the power of the elements: earth, air, fire and water and other aspects) were reflective of experiences that I had already had in my own life. It just was an extension of what I already had in my life, giving a forum for me to expand my own existence.

For example, I had already for years experienced the grounding/centering effects of nature. When I allow myself to tap into the energy that Mother Earth offers, it opens me up and I become more focused and "real." I can find no physical evidence that this energy exists, and I do not believe it exists simply because someone told me it did. I believe it simply because I experience it.

And when I am not in a place (emotionally/spiritually) where I can tap into this energy, it helps me to know simply that it is there. That, to me, is faith.