No one chooses their first language, and few choose their first worldview. Children learn what is real, good and sacred mostly through trust: they believe the adults who care for them because that trust is how humans learn quickly and safely.
This means that much of what any of us believe — religious or secular — arrived before we could evaluate it. That fact alone does not make inherited beliefs false. Many inherited ideas are wise. But it does mean that holding them consciously requires a second, later act: examining them as an adult.
Repetition and emotion
Repetition, ritual and the trust we place in loved ones can give a belief emotional force. That force is not, by itself, proof or manipulation. Ask which reasons support the claim independently of its familiarity. Examine the claim without treating affection for the people who taught it as an argument for or against its truth.
From inheritance to ownership
Ownership of a belief does not require changing it. A person may examine their tradition carefully and choose it with greater depth than before. Another may revise parts and keep others. The difference between inherited and owned belief is not its content but the presence of genuine consent.
Evidence boundary
This is educational interpretation, not a sourced scientific account. Test its generalizations; inherited beliefs are not false merely because they were taught.