Umm obviously I can't talk about the "reconciling faith" thing, but I might be able to shed some light on maddie's comment that people say "Gee, I'm surprised to see so many people with such strong faith here."

Ok, I wouldn't say "Gee", but I'm one of the people who think that. However, that's simply because in real life, amongst friends, family and work colleagues, I don't really know any Christian people who have strong faith... or at least, none who talk about it. What I'm saying is "Wow, you have strong faith?" might just be a general comment, as opposed to "Wow, you have strong faith AND you're into BDSM?"

Q xx