If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.
There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media - than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap.

