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I was (almost literally) born in church. I spent the first fifteen years of my life going to church three times on Sunday and two more times during the week. After that, it tapered off drastically, but I think you could say that I had ample oppurtunity to be programmed.The thing is, though, I don't think I ever really "believed". I could go through the motions. I could quote scripture before I could read it (and I can still remember a little of it ). But it never really rang true. I don't know if I was born a skeptic or if those experiences made me the skeptic that I am.So, I didn't move "to" another religion, but I certainly moved "away" from the one I grew up in. And I'm still in the same culture - I live two blocks from the house I grew up in - unless you consider the ultra-religious sub-culture a culture.If I had been born in Saudi Arabia, would I still be the same skeptic? It would certainly be harder to express that skepticism there, but would it change who I am?Hope that helps confuse the issue.

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The trouble with many programs is that the documentation is poor. But some people blindly follow the documentation, even if it doesn't work.

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The last line from your link:

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The reassuring thing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that He asked us to test claims and not just to blindly follow.

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Jesus Christ, Scientist. Faith takes a backseat.

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On the contrary:

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Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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Faith is for what is not seen - when there isn't enough visible evidence to "make sense". Well, they're both right there in the same verse.

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I don't see what your confusion is here.Faith is the substance of things hoped for. Things hoped for are not seen. Therefore, faith is for what we don't see.I was agreeing with Ravi Zacharias - that Jesus wants us to question.

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And I didn't say that, did I? I said I agreed with your source.

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Empty assertion.Enlighten all of us, with careful attention to the topic.

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I haven't read the Tao Te Ching in years.I'll have to see if I have it filed under "T" for Tao or "L" for Lao.

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What I don't hear is you giving us anything but a bare link.Another exerpt:

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The second test is empirical adequacy: Is there evidence that supports what is being asserted?

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Zacharias acknowledges the need for empirical evidence.

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