New Religion... help

[CoffeeCrystal92]

I was first introduced to Paganism on May 3, 2015 and I decided to change religions. I was born into Christianity and had a heavy Christian influence most of my life. I started to question Christianity in my teens but I have always felt uncomfortable with Christianity. I started to look for a different reason or belief system when I was 16 years old. I am now 23 and have found the belief system Paganism that I want to adapt in my life. After many years of Christian brain washing, I find it hard to fully expect Paganism.

I can say I am not a Christian and be 100% truthfully, but having my family still trying to get me to except their beliefs make it hard for me to believe what I feel is right. I go to a Unitarian Universalist church most Sundays, this church allows me to pick what to believe well, using several different religions and historical points in the teachings. I am having difficulty in finding my own path in life. I'm having trouble with making my own choices in my life. Can anyone relate and offer me some advice?

[Pi.R^2]

Accepting your family's religion is different to believing in it yourself. Maybe you could have a conversation with your family about accepting eachother's religion? Let them know that you accept and respect their religious beliefs but that you would appreciate if they could try to accept yours too. They may well have questions or misconceptions about paganism, you could offer to answer those if they want to talk about. I know it can be tricky not believing what your family believe and after you've agreed to respect eachother's choices, you may all prefer to agree to not discuss religion too much in future (that would work both ways- you don't push your religion on them and they agree to not push their religion onto you). I know that works best in my family!

[wizzy]

Maybe read about religions on your own and skip the groups/churches. People can accept their parents religion robotically. They can also reject it robotically and seek another religion out of rebelion. Often the religion people accept or reject doesn't have as much to do with the original religion as much as other people's version of the religion. Religion should be about finding yourself and not finding something to belong to. I've never felt the need to say I'm a this or that...