Hmmm X. Interesting theory. But there are some holes in your argument. If you only know what you are taught, then how could anything new be invented? Or how could new theories (such as your own) be posed at all? How do you explain kids raised in Amish households who run away to the "real" world in order to leave that life behind. Or Atheists born to a Protestant household?
I think, rather that it is a matter of free will. What you believe is probably based on what you have learned, what is comfortable, what you know... This is true. We see it all the time in racial wars, religions against one another, etc. BUT there is also the option of free will (that which sets us apart from animals). The option of THINKING and making decisions that are geared toward not making anyone else suffer, and of taking responsibility for your actions (something that religion allows us to justify
not doing at times). Oh crap now you've really got me going!
