[ John has no experience with a typing interface, his hunt-and-peck game is pitiful, and no one has ever told him not to text and drive. He irritably reads whatever is sent to him, and there is an unsettling familiarity to the imagery. It wakes a flash of memory— city spires rising impossibly behind strange moons— to which John grits his teeth and responds by radio. ]

You presume there is a difference between the two. Those who demand faith are often asking for obedience. Or perhaps those who wish to pledge themselves in one way are easily manipulated into more.