This isn't a question -- pehaps it's in the vein of the "tell us about yourself" thread. But, by way of you can't tell a cover by its book, I'd like to mention that I was at a gospel concert last nite in honor of MLK, and I found it very moving: seeing people belting out their faith in such a rousing and beautiful way. It can bring tears to my eyes. We go often to the New Orleans Jazzfest (note to all music lovers: it's an incredible bazaar of music of many genres) and love to spend time in the gospel tent. It doesn't change my mind, but I love seeing and hearing the way faith moves people. I get up and clap and cheer along with everyone else. It rocks.

I find it strange that people who know I am an atheist, wonder at my being moved by the Sistine Chapel frescoes, or Leonardo's "Last Supper" at La Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Or how when the bass aria "Lasse mich mein Herze rein" from Bach's St. Matthew Passion comes on I'm reduce to tears. This is art;
and, although produced by people of faith, it has a universal contact with all of us.

My wife and I bought a Gymboree tape for our 1-year-old, a kind of sing-along. The tape is obviously the production of mother-earth-loving wiccans, judging from the content.

Normally, this would raise the hackles of any self-respecting believer, but not us. The values our son learns on the tape include awareness of animals, nature and habitats, keeping the world clean, and taking care of our environment. Since the pagan undertones don't get through to a 1-year-old, and they're really not blatant, anyway, we consider it a great tape for him. That it's not produced by Christians is not an issue to us.

Examples of song lyrics:

"Habitat, habitat, got to have a habitat..."
"Let's rock and roll for Mother Earth, and show her that we care..."
"Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow, back to my home, I cannot go, for if I do, my mother would say, 'did you ever see a whale with a polkadot tail, down by the bay!"
"We come from the mountains/fire/sky...let's go back to the mountains/fire/sky and turn the world around..." (each a different verse)

right, juan: when I saw Michaelangelo's pieta in Rome, I was more moved than I'd ever been at a work of art -- and the emotion was largely the beauty that a man wrought from a piece of stone. Made me read about Michaelangelo, and visit more of his work

It's always nice to see people who celebrate their faith, rather than mourn it.