One learns the value of work by working, of play by playing, of food by eating; and one learns the value of faith by exercising faith, of love by trying to love fellow men.  Even so, if one would have faith in God, he must at least say to himself, "It could be that he lives.  I shall give the idea  fair trial.  I shall do his will.  I shall read the scriptures, expecially the life of Jesus, and I shall try to live as God would have me live.  I shall at least give religion a fair chance in my life."

Lowell Bennion, Religion and the Pursuit of Truth pg. 138