why do you stay in this thing called 'faith'?

Great response to this question from a friend:

i think the part that i am sure of is that underneath all the bullshit, underneath all the organization, underneath all of the weirdness, i really do believe that Jesus is the way and that the Holy Spirit is somehow alive and well. i am starting to see that even if i became a buddhist or left faith all together or created my own crazy theology i might still have my same friends, not necessarily the same job or the same routine in my week, but maybe the same people. so i am not anymore only going along because i am afraid that i will lose these people. and when i think of living my life and what i want to commit it to, i know it's the way of loving people, sacrificing, getting in the trenches with real life instead of just coping and making it through the day, living from my heart...