30 Day Challenge - Day 18

My Beliefs:

I believe in Love.

Nothing is ever lost.

As stated earlier in this challenge I am Wiccan.  I believe in Deity that is in everything, including inside all of us and in free will and personal choice.  I don't believe that our lives are planned out for us or that Deity is vengeful and judgmental.  They just are, as we are.  They deserve reverence just like all things on Earth.  All things have energy, albeit different types, but we're all essentially made up of the same thing as Deity.

I believe all religions should be given equal respect and reverence without the pressure to conform to any one certain faith.  I do not believe any one religion is more "right" or "true" than another.  I do not believe in missions to convert others.  I think that's an incredibly disrespectful practice.  I don't believe in attacking, belittling or desecrating another person's beliefs.  None of us know what the "truth" really is, so we all have to go with what we feel in our hearts, so give grace and respect to all peoples as you'd want them to give you.  No matter how right you believe yourself to be, it's only fair to allow others to worship freely as they choose.

I believe that no one need know of your relationship with Deity aside from yourself and Them.  I don't believe we must celebrate in church, or with a group of people, for our communication to be heard.  I don't believe in religious propaganda.

I believe in your right to choose and your right to love who you want.  I believe we all have basic human rights that we should all be allowed.  All people are equal and deserve to make their own choices in their lives, regardless of what others or a government may say.  What's right for one person may not be right for another. I believe a woman should be free to make the choice of whether or not she wants to carry a child.

Love has no sexual/gender bounds.  No one should be told that their love is invalid or wrong because it's not the "cookie cutter" rendition.  Two (or three, or four, etc) same sex people can love one another just as truly and raise children just as well as two opposite sexed people can.  Remember, love is.

Essentially, I believe "'an it harm none, do what thou will".