At last, IMHO, a truly worthwhile discussion.
To paraphrase, "Practice will get you through times of no belief better than belief will get you through times of no practice."
I have long harbored the suspicion that articulating one's beliefs is, in reality, just laying the groundwork for a disagreement.
Those who teach reconciliation, teach communication of experience, not belief.
To communicate practice is to communicate experience.
For me, to live a spiritual practice is to increasingly become aware of the sacred presence in everything around me... and in me. The White-Shirt Warrior said "Walk in a Sacred Manner; Treat everything as Holy." I experience the Jesus Christ of scripture as living that way. I try to live that way.
To the extent that I experience things as bad, evil, mean, etc., I dwell in unholyness or hell.
amarado