Our ideas about the universe have changed, but a lot of people have first-hand experiance of something beyond our current ideas of the universe. It goes a bit like this:
"I got an odd itch/rash. Never happened before and I wasn't exposed to anything new. I'm not allergic to anything. It got worse, so I got some lotion on it. I got hives.
Then I got my crystal off the window-sill {a small quartz point, about 2 inches long}. I held the crystal in the palm of my hand and held my hand over the rash, palm up...and then something I can only describe as "water flowing out and over my hand"-sensation happened. I knew it was the crystal. A lot of people would say "placebo"."
Any experiance will normaly cause people to believe in something. As long as you aren't force-fed some religion, it only takes one experiance to make you think "wow... someone up there likes me" or something to that effect. Once you have personal proof, you have faith. This makes you know you're right. Of course, there's always the large chance you're completely wrong. The thing is, once people get something into their heads, they tend to think it's right until disproved. This is something even I do; I just assume "what I know" = "correct".
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