Some how I simply could never believe in anything I could not see, touch, or feel. Even as a young child, I used to ask "why" or "how" much more than my elders appreciated.
At the age of six I frequently corrected my Sunday School teachers when they were telling us something that was patently untrue. They didn't appreciate facts coming from a little kid.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe