Discussion about religion

[Carrna]

My dad is an atheist and my mom has sort of buddhist beliefs. Both of them are members of a christian church. Probably just because of celebration and funeral things etc. and their parents had been members too. ...So I became a member as well. At home I was raised without any religious teachings, but since they teached so much christianity at school, I started to believe in god for some years.

I let go of my christian faith however, around somewhere when I was 15. Got so much crap poured on me for years despite of my constant pleas of help, so I thought it was time to try to stand on my own. I was also quite fed up of townfolks around me who constantly tried to force their gods and prophets down to my throat. The town I used to live in was quite religious.

It was already bad enough since I was quite a boyish girl, liked to hang out in forests and played videogames, but especially when I started to dress in black and listen to metal it caused a ruckus. I was generally denounced as a devil worshipper. I was (and still am) certain that if I had lived a few centuries ago I would've been burned as a witch. When I turned 18 I resigned from church, and at the age of 20 I was a nervous wreck and decided to move away.

Now, almost six years later my beliefs haven't changed much from those times. A friendlier environment has made me less absolute. I'm a sort of agnostic: too skeptic to fully believe in supernatural but I still hope there'd be something more than we're able to see. My way of life has some druidic or shamanistic features. I respect the nature and believe in Karma and the law of threefold return. I do to others as I'd like them to do to me, but if someone is an asshole towards me or my loved ones, I'm treating them like they treat me.