Syncretism

Hey guys,

I'm willing to bet most of you weren't born and rasied devout Taoists. I'm curious what your backgrounds are and how you feel those experiences meshed with Taoism. Personally my biggest influence was my father who never subscribed to a specific religion, but he was very, shamanic? If that makes sense. So I've always held nature in high regards. The other was societiy. Seemingly in this day and age science is the only "rational" answer so while I was never atheist I certainly had a nagging feeling of agnosticism until I better developed my beliefs.