Is It Faith, or Is It Indoctrination?

How does somebody know what they really believe when they've never had a chance to know otherwise?

In thirteen days time, it will be a full year since my mother died suddenly. Thirty-nine days ago, we lost Penny. Loss has been a greater part of my life than many of my age group, and every time, I’ve tried to turn to faith in Christianity to get me through my grief and the hole in my life that each loss caused. Note the use of the modifier. The proble…