"I don't think it's all that difficult to believe in a higher power."  The monk noted, again deciding to come to her point in a more roundabout manner.  "If anything, I'd think it would be more difficult to<em>not</em>believe that the gods exist, since they regularly give people like Jo the power to perform what could only be considered miracles.  Healing wounds with a touch, curing diseases and bringing sight to the blind, destroying undead...  I've even seen the senior Clerics back at the Monastery do things like resurrecting the dead and walking on water.  The thing to remember, though, is that it's not just a matter of blind faith.  The Gods can speak directly with their most devout followers, and if the Monastery is any indication, Pelor, at the very least, takes a great deal of interest in those who worship Him.  He doesn't want unquestioning zealots, He wants people who are dedicated to helping those around them.  Even my religion's bible, The Light of Pelor, isn't a collection of rules and commandments.  It's a set of stories, from which people can take whatever lessons they find."<br/><br/>To be honest, Andrea's claim of being an agnostic and his reasoning as to why sounded more to Kyla like he was too preoccupied with the churches themselves than anything else, and that this was causing him to miss the real messages that the Gods wanted to pass on to their followers.  It was like not being able to see the forest for the trees.  She didn't say that out loud, though, because it would have been rude.