For me, It does not matter what a person believes or even why they believe it. Some people are reluctant to admit why they believe something and other people don't really know why they believe something. Most people do trust some authority for what they believe.

I am anti-authority and have been for a long time. Probably ever since I trusted my parents when they told me the ridiculous story of Santa-Claus. I believed them strictly because of that trust and I still thought the story was suspicious. But the Santa Clause incident was a great learning experience and a great CLUE for me. When they (authorities) came out with the Jesus story I just said.... "Oh yeh, sure.. ...NOT. (Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice I'm an idiot)

So begins my life long challenge of all authority.