I don't follow any religion or faith, but I do enjoy learning about them and taking bits and pieces from here and there. But I still don't believe in a higher power, I only believe in what I can achieve with my own spirit and mind.
Rather than take up a belief system, or pray to whichever god, I'll just read what was taught, and maybe take a thing or two from it. I enjoyed learning about Wicca, I've read two books on the subject and it's the closest to actually liking a religion i've ever come to. I wear a pentagram(pointing
up) around my neck, but I also have a Saint Christopher charm around my neck. I wear the upwards pointing pentagram because it represents the four elements, and the spirit (the spirit being the uppermost point), which I personally associate with my Transcendentalism ideas. And I wear the St. Christopher charm because it's my name, and he was a guardian (and apparently good with kids) just like me.
But I really don't tie them to religion, and I don't see the need to. I like taking moral lessons from here and there and applying them to my own life.
Now, when I mentioned Transcendentalism earlier, that also has no ties to religion. I personally have a strong belief in the human spirit, and the connections they can bring between two people (I've had strange things happen to me in the past that made me believe in that kind of thing). It's tough to explain my thoughts on it, as it's something I feel more than something I can talk about. But put it this way... Let's say like is like living in a canyon, you can choose to walk the canyon floor, and follow the path it has set for you, or you can look up, find a ledge or a walkway and think "How can I get up to that ledge?" So basically, instead of staying in the canyon, I feel inclined to work my way up to the ledge and be able to look around at a broader picture with greater understanding.
...Not really sure how to collect my thoughts on the matter, I seem to have better luck talking to people about it in person.
