within limits, they think many people's conscience is formed through reason rather than revelation, though some call it "right reason" and still attribute it to their God.
I was Baptized, went through First Communion, and was even Confirmed, I was, especially as a teenager, a rather staunch Catholic, to my shame. Actually, funnily enough, this disturbed my mother, apparently, I went through PSR, our local, unique version of CCD. I did attend a Catholic School for few years in middle school, all the rest was in public schools with PSR until Confirmation.
Throughout that time, I was, as I said, a staunch Catholic, pro-life, anti-contraceptive, I don't believe same sex marriage even registered to me until I was much older, I was 14 when DADT was debated, and I do remember thinking that was unfair, and I didn't understand the big deal, but our Parish wasn't outspoken about LGBT issues. I was seriously considering joining seminary, but my mom nixed that idea, she wanted me to have kids.
The first real crack in my armor of faith was meeting my best friend in high school, an Indian exchange student, Amar. He was a staunch Hindu, even always brought in lunch because our school apparently puts beef in everything, which, in fairness, it does. Still feel bad about enjoying a pepperoni pizza while he munched on a ham and cheese sandwich. 
I didn't try to convert him nor him me, but what I did observe was someone who believed in his incorrect religion just as much as I believed in my correct religion. That really made me doubt why my religion is the correct one in the first place. Things developed from there.
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