7th Prompting

What are your religious beliefs? Have they changed, or have they always stayed the same?

My current religious views are rather.... open. I don't really believe in any particular religion, but I'm not quite an atheist either. I have a belief that something may or may not be out there, 'watching over us' or what have you, but I have my own mind, and my own thoughts and I perform all of my own actions, so I simply don't really care whether there is something out there or not.

To rephrase, I live my own life, so whether there is a 'God' or god, or god-like figure, I don't really care. I'm not saying I'm anti-god, or anti-God... But I'm not exactly a believer in placing all of my faith in 'him' or 'her' or 'it'. I believe in myself. I believe in the world.

I believe in life and love and laughter.

I haven't always thought this way. I used to go to church. I used to believe (full-on belief) in God and Jesus and what the Bible has to say.

My mom always taught me that I can be anything I want, as long as I did the research to know what I was getting into. This teaching went for not only hobbies, potential job fields, and friends.... but also religion. The only religion or belief that she would not ever let me actually do the research for was Witchcraft and Wicca. (I say she didn't let me research these because there were several times I brought home books about Witchcraft and Wicca from the library, and she either returned them that day, or made me return them the same day.)

I looked into Buddhism for a while as well, especially after I took a Japanese Heritage and Culture class in high school.

For now, I'll stick to the present, thinking about now, thinking about my life, where I'm heading, where I've been, and where I am now. I believe in me.