Ahhh my spiritual path....what a complex yet simplistic thing it has been and still is!
I grew up in a very liberal Methodist church and am grateful for that with all my heart. It gave me the foundation of open mindedness and pure love for all. Growing up in a college town where my dad was a professor also helped to promote the belief that all are equal no matter gender, race, creed or orientation.
Being a stupid teen tho I thought I had fallen in love with a blonde haired blue eyed farm boy and ended up married and pregnant at 17. After 5 years of marriage we 'got saved' in a pentacostal church of a co worker of his and that started my path of being judgemental, biased and a hater. I hate to put it that way but that was basically what we were taught. It NEVER set well with my gut/spirit but being young and by this time with 2 kids, I felt stuck. Didn't help that my husband was an emotional abuser and made me feel like I was worthless without him or the church and I had better comply. Well fast forwarding to about 1999 I realized that I was NOT where I wanted to be in life and drew back from that church life. Of course the church we attended just knew I was damned to hell...oh well.
Then after some horrific actions by my husband, (wont go into the details just yet) he was arrested and sentenced to 8 yrs. I immediatly divorced him and was finally FREE!
I began to search all types of spirituality that was NOT christian and realized that going back to the origins of man and 'religion' that earth centered natural beliefs were the original ways. (In my opinion...) So here I am, I believe that we are not alone in this universe, that we were created by a being/god(ess), I believe that all have a right to believe their chosen path as long as it does harm to no one (Wiccan Rede) and as long as they do not believe that their way is THE ONLY way. I believe that all humans are equal and deserve equal love and equal rights. Well thats it in a nutshell! Peace ~