... in faith or religions derived from one or more of the
assorted aspects of Biblical writing, including the Torah,
the Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Catholic Bible,
the Quran, the Book of Mormon, and others, and the
whys behind them ...

1) FIRM FOLLOWING OF
    BIBLE-DERIVED FAITH

Believe exactly what influential persons in one's life
led one to believe at a young and impressionable age,
strengthen it by clinging to it for dear life. Regardless
of the nature of that Bible-leveraged belief, one dedi-
cates oneself to conforming to what one was taught.

Why?

1a) Social / cultural support systems tie the belief
     one was taught at a young and impressionable
     age into rewards in this life (and the next) if one
     follows those teachings and threaten you with
     punishment / rejection if one rejects what one
     was taught (said rejection occurring for sure in
     this life by family and social contacts and, more
     often than not, used as a threat pertaining to a
     loss of the supposed 'afterlife' or the earning
     of eternal torment),

1b) Having been taught to diminish / distance one-
     self from teachings not consistent with what
     one was taught at a young and impressionable
     age, one seeks the reinforcement and support
     (social / cultural / financial / spiritual / peer group)
     from those teachings and teachers and persons
     associated with those teachings and teachers.

2) MODIFIED FOLLOWING OF
    BIBLE-DERIVED FAITH

Simply use the same modality listed in 1, only modify it
to try to reconcile it to facts not consistent with what one
was taught at a young and impressionable age.

For example, a person raised as a fundamentalist Chris-
tian might modify that and become a moderate Christian
or a person raised as a moderate Christian might modify
that and become a liberal Christian or a person raised as
a Protestant might modify that and become a Catholic.

Why?

Simply put, as one grows up and begins to reach out be-
yond the parental / social / cultural formation of one's youth,
one may call into question the foundations under which one
was raised, rebel against that, and seek a perceived better
match to one's life experiences yet still trying to cling onto
the advantages seen in the teachings that were imparted to
one when one was young and impressionable.

Also of note, partnerships of persons of different faiths
often results in one of the partners changing to the faith of
the other partner in order to insure a unity of common faith
within the family unit. This is more easily accomplished
when the faiths have more in common than they do differ-
ences and, of course, an inability to resolve differences of
faith / non-faith in a mutually responsible and respectful
manner can result in a dissolution of a partnership / family
unit.

3) REJECTED ORIGINAL YET
    STILL FOLLOWING SOME OTHER
    BIBLE-DERIVED FAITH

One who finds that one's teachings at a young and impres-
sionable age are, upon a more mature and independent
consideration, unacceptable or unworkable, yet still finds
the advantages of being a follower / believer in Bible de-
rived faith of some kind to outweigh the disadvantages.

It's just the nature / manner / mechanics of the following,
not the following itself, that is deemed a necessary item to
be radically changed.

For example, a person raised as a Muslim might change
to become a Christian, or a person raised as a Christian
might change to the faith of Judaism.

Why?

If one has found one's teachings at a young and vulnerable
age to be unacceptable, one might reach out for what one
considers to be far apart from their upbringing, yet still
sympathetic to an imaginary world which one can relate to
based on one's upbringing.

This 'new' perspective on one's imaginary world will consist
of a view in which one's deity is either stronger or weaker,
kinder or meaner, more Bible-centered or more 'beyond or
better than the Bible', more traditional or more liberal, yet
still leveraged off of the perspective of one's youth.

Perhaps one finds that a radical change in following places
one more in line with one's primary goals of success in this
life and, ultimately, living forever, and that appeal is so
strong that reason and logic are used as objects of incon-
venience if / when they conflict with one's faith while being
considered quite convenient when they can be used to ex-
cuse or support one's faith.

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*BONUS* 4 - PEACE, PLEASURE, FREEDOM

Few in western cultures are fortunate enough to be raised
in a parental / social / cultural support system which en-
courages tolerance while pointing out, with reason and
logic, the imaginary nature of the religious perspective.

So, naturally, for most of the disbelief, doubt, and distance
from faith crowd in western cultures, we have escaped the
faith and religions of our upbringing via a journey through
1 or more of the 3 belief stages detailed above.

However, unlike the 3 belief stages mentioned, our choice
is stage 4 - peace, pleasure, and total freedom from all
faith / religion, (with tolerance for all who choose any of
the 3 belief stages, although, as is natural and human, we
welcome in a special way all who are able to make it to
the enlightenment of stage 4, growing beyond the burdens,
fears, and illogic required to stay in stages 1 to 3).

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