This is so interesting, I love learning about religions
The past few years I've been thinking a lot about my faith and I think I've finally figured out what works for me. I was raised Catholic (went to church all the time when I was a kid, had religion class regularly etc etc). When I was a young teenager, my grandmother, my mother, and then my cousin passed away. This led me and most of my family to believe more in the afterlife and spirits being able to communicate with us (FYI: my aunt was on an episode of Long Island Medium for those who watch it! I won't tell which one though
). I did have one visitation from my mother about two years after she passed and that has had a huge influence on my beliefs. As a young adult, I began to lose faith so I tried to become more religious and build a stronger relationship with God if you will...it just didn't fit with me. However, the attempt to become more religious definitely made me think a lot more about what I really did believe in. I guess you could say I'm agnostic with catholic influences (love the saints! haha). I believe that as humans we really can't comprehend what there is beyond what we can see. I like to believe that there is a God or some sort of creator. I believe in karma, reincarnation, spirits (animals included!) etc. I believe that everything happens for a reason and that we're all on this earth to learn lessons and overcome obstacles.
I do love learning about other religions! In particular, I love the ideas/traditions within Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. I think everyone should have the freedom to believe whatever makes them happy and works for them. I'm also very happy to see that everyone has been so kind on this thread and I hope it continues.