Commentary

I was born into Christian faith, a restoration movement, and have never left that small expression of Christianity.

Born and raised in the Christian faith, I have never changed religions. When I was an infant, my parents had me baptized at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Coeur d'Alene.

I have not changed religions as I was raised Christian and still am.

Yes I have changed religions in my lifetime. I was raised without religion. My parents felt religion was a decision that I should be allowed to make for myself and they did not introduce me to any religious ideas until I began asking about it.

Have you changed religions in your lifetime?

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Omar Abdelkader, a student at Northeastern University in Boston, is an observant Muslim but admits that, at least as a kid, he was occasionally seduced by the swish of a perfect jump-shot over the Islamic call to prayer.

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary,” wrote James Madison in 1788. It would be disingenuous to assert that all the founding fathers agreed on the extent of the federal government, but they all agreed that government was necessary.