Progression of FaithI have gone from Catholic, to Hindu, to Neo-Pagan, to Catholic, to Non-denominational, to Catholic...and I left the Catholic church for good now. My beliefs aren't the same as theirs and nowhere close. I tried to go back to the Non-Denom church and while I love everyone there... again my beliefs don't match up and non-denom is not all that open to other religions...
the best way to describe my faith is a hodge-podge. every religion compared to another has way too many similarities for there to be one exact truth... don't try to tell me any different or try to persuade me back to another Christian faith...I have studied all sorts of religions for over 7 years now. All religions have truth and anything that is too similar for it to be coincidence I take and believe to be true.
And now that I've started studies again I felt God pulling me further into it...I've felt a calling to begin furthering my studies into one focus... that of Shamanism... I fell God wants me to be a Shaman. Shamanism has always been close to my heart because of legends and stories of the natives... I have 3 lines of Indian running in my blood if not more and have always felt a strong connection to my ancestors...if the Natives can live with their beliefs of Mother Earth and Father Sky and Those of Christian faith, why can't I?.... I can!
I am a witch, not hocus pocus, but that I follow a lot of traditional witchcraft which does include same Native American Spirituality beliefs. When I don't study or practice my faith and beliefs I feel empty... it is why I have never felt comfortable in any church I've ever been too. I know in my heart that my beliefs are true. When I say I am a "witch" and that i follow traditional witchcraft, does not mean that I am practicing anything evil. I believe spell working is the same as praying...and I believe that God has given all of us gifts and we can either be open to them or we can close our minds to those opportunities. These gifts are blessings he's bestowed upon us. There are people who have been blessed with healing powers, there are people who can really see into the future, there are people who talk with spirits, and there are spirits. I also believe that God gave everything a soul. If you run your hands over a stone, a tree trunk you can feel a pulse, that pulse is the energy and the soul of all things. The earth is alive...
So what religion would you call this? I don't label it... i had been calling myself multi-denominational... but really its multiple faiths... I don't care what you call it... This is me and I shouldn't be hiding it from my friends, if you are really a friend you wont be bothered by this journal and you won't be concerned that following any of this is damaging to my soul, and you wont try to convert me back to something I was never happy with. My friends will love and accept me for who I am.
Joy
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Some people have really funny, witty and imaginative signitures. This is mine.
My husband calls himself a druid and my best friend calls herself wiccan. If you'd like to chat about it just note or im me.
Witches Rock!
It seems like so many people get stuck with labels. I have no idea what "flavor" of christian I am. I call myself "Baptist-ish" but really I don't fit in with most baptists though I do agree with thier believe system. The problem is too many baptists don't even know what they were founded on let alone live it!
So I don't call what I am a religion. I prefer to remind myself it's about the relationship with Christ. That's jsut me though.
I hope you find what you are looking for sis! I love you no matter what! *hugs* (and yes I still think of you as my sis even though I don't doll with pixels anymore.)
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But because I am of the belief that God is called by other names in other religions/faiths i refuse to be called "Christian" and prefer what Jennie V and her friends call herself, Spiritualists. I am Christian but I am so much more...
Thanks Sis
(P.S. "Harper" is my sis too yet she's never made a doll...but she is a crafter too!) That reminds me I've been lurking at Craftster... but i haven't posted in a while i usually lurk on the Halloween and sewing boards.
but I know you will be.
God is called so many names even in the Bible. I do believe a lot of people come to the same conclusions we have about heaven and that sort of thing while being in another faith.
So I guess that means I feel like If you are searching for God, under any name you will find him.
These sorts of things are so complicated. *sigh* I really think they aren't meant to be, but somehow they are. lol. Like I said I think if you or anyone is seeking they will find. And that's the important thing.
I wish you much happiness on your spiritual journey. As I feel it should be a journey! Enjoy your adventure to it's fullest!
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