I say, people either base their beliefs on what they have been taught or what they have experienced. Then there are folks that use a combination of both. I am someone that is in the last group. I was raised a baptist and generally hold much of what I have been taught to be true. I have also have gone through some things that the church doesn't talk about, and many prefer to deny. I sorry but I have to remain vague and I may have mentioned some of this before in an old topic.