Religion

Please be reminded that these are just my opinions and thoughts.

I have always wondered why many people choose to believe in a certain God. To many, it's something like a belief, where they can trust, have faith or something that pushes them on and guide them in life. But i'm very interested to find out, how many people REALLY believe in religions, or they are just brought up in that way and influenced by others may it be parents or relatives or the older generations to believe in a certain religion. People believe in the religion because of the values? But do they apply the values they learn in their life? Or they only learn the values through words and teachings but always fail to apply in their life, because they don't know the true meaning of the value? I've seen many people around me that supports the latter. Many are christians, but they do things against christianity values. Again, it contradicts. They go into Christianity for? The sake of being a Christian because everyone else are? Or for the true purpose of solely learning, applying and shaping themselves to be a better person? You decide.