"... we WILL stick to our chosen faith."

Well, my original faith was not chosen. I was 'handed' Methodism (and duly baptized) from my ancestors, a couple of whom were actually preachers. I did NOT stick to it after about the age of 15 or so... I 'joined' the Unitarians at about 20, but gradually drifted away from even that. Some would assert that I merely substituted philosophy for religion as my 'faith', but that is a total misunderstanding of how the terms are used.

"...'thinking' doesn't always apply to religious beliefs."

Exactly.. so when I took up thinking as a major concern, religion had less 'conceptual' significance and more of an aesthetic/cultural relevance.