In short, if you don't ultimately choose a certain way, it simply WAS NOT the strongest influence.

Since you took the liberty of calling our belief "prideful," and infer that your mentors are godly while mine are ungodly, I just want to say that my impression of your beliefs are that they stink with self-righteousness and pride in the guise of false humility.

I agree with my godly mentor Jim Coram that "It is an empty gesture to go through the motions of giving all the glory to God, while at the same time continually believing that good decisions and acts are things which ultimately owe their existence to one’s own self."