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Faith is funny... having faith means you believe in something that you can't prove... I was brought up Catholic, so I have that whole thing on me... and I do believe in God... and I think Jesus' teachings were great... I don't think that there is a man in the sky who's waiting around to damn me, or who is insecure and gets upset with me if I use his name in vain (or if I don't capitalize 'his' when typing about God)... but I do believe that there is something bigger than me that I can't really comprehend, or ever fully know... I call that 'God'.

I also believe in astrology to a degree... not in newspaper horoscopes, but in astrology as a way to understand different types of people and myself, relationships, etc... but there are other ways to understand different people... I don't know or really care to read enough about it to take it too seriously though... But I do enjoy Linda Goodman's books on the subject (what little I have actually read at least)... I also liked Carl Jung's personality types for that sort of thing... But I've never read too much into those either...

I also believe in reincarnation... but if I die and don't come back, and end up in some sort of afterlife/heaven, I think I'll be alright with it... or if I just completely cease to exist, I don't think I'm going to be upset with it... seeing as how I wouldn't exist to care...

Nobody knows what really happens after you die... but having faith one way or another doesn't hurt... but then again, I see atheism or whatever it's called now as just another belief system... you have yours, I have mine... potato, potahto...

I've read into Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, as well as different sects of Christianity... I haven't found any religion that actually jives with what I believe... Hinduism comes closest, and Christianity/Catholicism is what I was raised on... but there are things I disagree with in all of them... I mainly want to play music, be creative, love my family and friends, and try to not to cause pain to others... "not for the reward of Heaven or fear of hellfire." As long as I'm trying to make the right decisions and be 'good', that's good enough for me...