How did you become part of your faith or religion?

A Pagan. A Witch, and not a Wiccan (Wicca being a modern Pagan initiatory tradition) I am at least the 5th Generation of Witch in my family. we try and trace it a bit, but out of respect for those not here to confirm or deny their practice, we'll only call those a Witch that was known to call themselves that by those alive now. me, My mum, my aunt, my uncle my nan both my nans parents (great nan still with us) my nans dads mum. are the ones KNOWN by the living to have considered themself Witch. So as I was growing up, Witchcraft was just something that people did. it was never something strange or mysterious to me. before I even started school I had been taught a few simple spells, to find lost things, to protect myself when I felt threatened, how to raise energy, how to shape it, to tie a hair to a tree with a wish. among others. beyond the simple spells, others I learned just through the fact I'd seen them being worked. as I got older I'd be allowed to burn paper charms in fires. when I first went to school, apart from bits I'd picked up on at Christmas (not so much easter, that was all about spring and fertility and eggs and hares, and of course chocolate) tht was when I was first exposed to Christianity. it didn't occur to me it wasn't just a story for some people. after all, at playschool they read you stories, I thought this was more of the same. and the stories weren't at that age particularly interesting. then when we were told to pray everyone bowed their heads, put their hands together. I didn't know what they were on about, so I just sat still and quiet, then was called up in front of the whole school and smacked by the headmaster for not praying. it wasn't even a church school. I never ever bowed my head in school prayer. it's not my God, I don't bow to them. when I went home I told my mum what had happened and asked if there was something wrong with me because the school said jesus was real, but it didn't sound real to me. my mum told me that the bible was a book written a long long time ago, so long ago that no one knows for certain if it really happened or if it's just a story. and that some people beleive it really happened, some people beleive it's just a story, and it's perfectly okay to make up your own mind whether you think it's a true story or not. I thought it was a story. I asked my mum what she thought, and she said she thinks it's a story too. that she beleived in nature, because nature is something you can see and smell and touch. so as time went on I got halfway decent at Witchcraft, I learned a few forms of divination and dowsing. I began to consider myself a Witch too. after all, there's more to being a Witch that the occasional spellworking. a Witch is someone fairly skilled at Witchcraft. over the years I also developed my own religious context. beyond what my mum had told me about beleiving in nature I'd never been taught to be religious. I was allowed to make up my own mind. I found that I beleived in a Goddess and God as a form to the forces of nature. I beleived in finding ways to mark the turning seasons. despite having my own religious beleifs I did decide to attend a church after school group with some friends that went, because I enjoyed it. there were games and stories, and my friends went. I never beleived them, although I learned a lot about Christianity, and I think I was considered one of the more knowledgeable children there. I don't suppose they ever thought that I didn't beleive it. I was just good at remembering details. about 12 or so, I suppose, my dad, who we didn't live with anymore. got interested in spiritualism. he started joining in with a local developmental circle, and as the meetings were during my weekend visits, I went too. I learned some really interesting things, had some mediumship training, learned more meditation and divination skills. psychometry, tarot, scrying, wax and water. learned about spirits and guides and reincarnation. reincarnation made sense to me, so that became part of my self constructed religion. some years later, probably about 14 I bought a book about Witchcraft and Paganism, and it described religious beleifs and practice that matched my own. I realised that not only was I a Witch, as I already knew, but I was also a Pagan. then maybe a few years on from there I found out about Wicca. Gerald Gardner, Alex Sanders, Crowley, the Farrars etc. I found it very interesting but a bit too much dogma for me. too rigid. also, the rede made no sense to me. I was a very scientific child, and threefold is quite simply against the laws of physics. every action has an equal and opposite reaction. to this day, I am a Witch, a Pagan, into studying both science and religion.

I study the medicine way or some call it native American although thats not the best 3way to word it as you know .I also study shamanism . I always had beliefs in nature spirits since little believed every thing was equal had a spirit .I had spirits visit me talk to me and animal guides in my sleep and while awake .I did not learn there was a religion that matched my beliefs till I was a adult .I was rather sheltered religiously growing up .When I leaned of it it was what I already believed . That was the Cherokee teachings .I did go to their museum growing up but never thought about them having another religion .

I'm jewish, and I born to a jew mother- what that makes me a jew. Actually, it's really hard to enter into the Jewish religion, but it is possible. Before you becpme a jew, you have to study rules and traditions and after that you need to get the permission by the rabbis. Not many people who are not jews try to become ones. There are few jews in the world and the most of them have been born jews and this is why they called "Jews".

I am born Catholic, my mom were born Aglipayan and converted to Catholic when she got married. My mom is the one introduce me the Catholic faith, she is my teacher who cultivate my attitudes and never ending faith in God. Her being active in church activities had influenced me to stay in Catholic faith, she is giving me a clear image of God's grace based on our day to day living. In the simplest way she is explaining to me how does God care for me.

I am born Christian, aand my mom is a strict Chritian. My childhood sleepstories-tale is yhe bible's story, and when i was still a kid, i was force to go to church. When i was in 12 Grade, i got into a confirmation, it means that i realize and confess that Christ is my only God. About two or three years ago, i'm queationing my faith, and almost made me become an atheist, but thaks God i have a wonderful mom that bring me out from my doubtness. and know, I learn a lot bout my faith, and become more intresting at Bible.

I am a Spiritualist and was introduced to Spiritualism when I visited a Spiritualist Camp in Cassadaga Florida. Spiritualism is a science, philosophy and a religion.