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1. re "surrender". -- My mind is not territory to be conquered. My soul is not a castle to besiege. My personal resources (time, attention, energy, passion, love, social investment etc) are not raw resources for a cosmic Super-ego to flag-plant and stripmine for "His" only glory. Meanwhile, I recognize that "God", in a Christian-religious context, is always the alter-ego of whoever is demanding I should "surrender", and who swears someday I will bow.
2. "What have you done to give it a go?" --- Translation: What have you done to honor your moral obligation to spend significant personal resources to find a way to psyche yourself into thinking, feeling, and accepting my oddly specific yet intentionally unspecified religion as true?" ---
3. "I surrender to the fact that I don't have it all figured out." --- Literally, kindergartners all realize they're immersed in a larger reality, the details of which they cannot account for. By the time humans reach adulthood, there is no moment where anyone (sane) changes their mind and decides they know and understand everything. Thus, this is not a matter of anyone experiencing some grand epiphany about the limits of their sight and grasp. It's like asking someone, "Did you ever have a moment when you were like ... "I don't understand quantum entanglement, nor even how socks randomly disappear from my dryer. Therefore, maybe I need to send a telepathic message to a magical Super-Parent (as subtly defined by my local culture's religious tropes) to reassure me that everything's going to be ok?".

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