to practice a religion half-assed is the privilege afforded to those who are born into something, to those who have never had their faith second-guessed. To convert meant to deal with constantly being under fire by people who had nothing better to do than question someone else’s faith. It meant to commit wholeheartedly, to believe it not passively but as a willing adult. It was a choice that required deliberation, not something that I could dismiss as familial tradition I’d simply fallen into.
