Quote - Interesting points there, Schecterman.

My observation regarding the devout people I know is rather the opposite.  Maybe that's because  Christianity - or any other religion - isn't mainstream thinking here.  Anyhow, The ones I know of  have - in the main - thought, debated and questioned everything.

Then again, I can choose my friends.  I tend to keep away from people who aren't open to question and discussion.  That's not to say we spend all the time debating the existence (or otherwise) of God.  

It's probably a geographical thing. Here in the American South, thinking is discouraged.
Not just religion either, but pretty much all thinking. ;-)

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