1. Jacobs embarks on this journey with the notion that something in his life may possibly be missing and religion may be that thing. His agnosticism leaves him naturally questioning religion and he figures that he should try being religious before he passes it off as "not his thing". His second reason is his son. He believes that if secularism is indeed some kind of flaw in human personality, then he should do what is necessary to help his son avoid such a life path.
His goal is to connect with some kind of spirituality and conclude whether or not it is a valuable trait, whether or not it is an important part of the human experience.
My observation of the change in the nature of his questions was quite drastic. It seems that he starts out wondering whether or not religion is a good trait and whether or not he is missing out on something in life by not being religious and instantly transforms to directly questioning the bible in the sense that he asks things like "why does the bible declare crazy rules?"
2. His formal spiritual guides consist of people employed in the spiritual profession such as the rabbi Andy and a compilation of priests and ministers and what not. His informal guides are people such as his spiritual friend Roger and his uncle Gil and the poly-fiber inspector, people who are deeply involved in the spiritual realm, but are not necessarily teachers of the faith. These guides are the people to whom he goes for advice, for example, he asks the poly fiber inspector questions as to the importance of some rules over others. Is it more important to follow certain rules such as do not kill over the ridiculous ones such as those regarding wearing mixed fibers?
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