Most people get their religion from others.
Organized religions are communal activities involving group worship, prayer, and ritual. But the fundamental inspiration toward the spiritual occurs on an individual basis. The spiritual aspects of religion are personal, between the individual and the Supreme Being in whom the person believes. The group aspects of religion are worldly in focus, whereas the individual relationship to the Supreme Being is spiritual and eternal in character. There are fundamental explanations for this dichotomy between the individual and the group.