2009-04-21, 12:05 AM
Retalion Wrote:If you asked me now what I believed, I'd tell you I believe what my parents believe... does that mean that I cant think for myself? No. It's cause Ive thought for myself and realized what my parents believe is true is true for me as well, and thus I choose to believe it. Who's to say she's never examined it for herself? Who's to say that she hasnt gone through something like I did?
The difference is, she emphasized the fact that she believes that because it was how she was raised, NOT because she challenged it and found it true for herself. She didn't express that she shared her parents' beliefs, but rather that she was TAUGHT to believe something by her parents.