Thanks for your reply @Thunder Bow, I'd like to learn more about this if possible. I hadnt thought of it like that.

I was thinking that they and I had all been indoctrinated and so the default position for most people is to cling to the belief. Sorry if this is a silly question, but please can you explain more about why others might seek to exert control over me expressing doubts or dissent?

I tend to have a live and let live approach and just let people go if they want to move on to explore other things and hope we can still stay on good terms. But I'm sensing that people may start saying some hostile things if I persist in saying i dont believe the same way anymore.