This is an absolutely beautifully written passage and concept. I have never questioned that I believed in anything only quetioned the establishment of what I believed. I have always thought that believing in the most important part. When you write about your father, I have read about this many a time, I believe it was always called "bible dipping". I know my grandmother does it as well, I find it comforting to know that you always find what you are looking for in the most unfamiliar territory sometimes, and that is what brings about the greatest source of comfort and hope. xox