I believe because I was born into it.
I believe because the best people I know believe. Letting their little lights shine.
I believe because the best people I know believe. Confirmation bias.
I believe because I want things to be right.
I believe because negative reinforcement works.
I believe because positive reinforcement works.
I believe because abstinence-only. The war on drugs. Radiocarbon dating and the Creation Museum.
I believe because the best people I know believe. Hero worship.
I believe because I spent every sober hour reading and writing and conjugating and memorizing. A liberal arts devotee, so desperate to make culture, redeem the world, and learn how to learn. If I understood enough, things could be right. I want things to be right. But true faith means feeling and passion, and trust, and obedience, so analysis had no place in the Holy of Holies until it did.