Thanks, Klax.
But, no, I didn’t simply inherit my belief system.
Although my father was (and still is, at age 96!) a minister–more specifically, a missionary–he always taught my siblings and me to study and think for ourselves–to come to our own convictions about spiritual matters, in keeping with the biblical principle found in 1 Thessonians 5:21,22–“But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.”
But I like your word, “process.” Life is certainly that. And I think the best we can do, with the help of God, is keep that process moving forward in the right direction.