How did your God(s) choose you?

[sandandfoam]

I normally think of myself as having chosen my God.
However I think the idea of being chose by God(s) is very interesting and would love to hear any experiences of being chosen - if anyone would like to share.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I grew up in a Christian home.

 

[Demonic Kitten]

It happened when I got away from Christianity and started looking into Wicca, Witchcraft, and Paganism. I read every book I could get my hands on and I surfed every site that I could find. When I decided that this was the right path for me I started searching for a God and a Goddess to serve. I got fairly interested in Celtic Mythology and was leaning towards Ceredwen for my Goddess when I started getting dreams about a horned man with hooves and each time I would wake up saying the name Cernunnos over and over again. So I searched the name and found out that he was a Celtic God. I had only heard his name once before that and I never saw the picture of him, but the picture I saw was the same as what I saw in my dream with some minor differences. Over the years Danu, Brigid, and Morrighan became my idea of the Triple Goddess. Those occurrences were less exact and more obtuse so I had to spend many weeks in meditation with each of them to find out what they needed of me.

 

[LuisDantas]

So you are a wiccan, despite describing your religion as "none"?

 

[Demonic Kitten]

So you are a wiccan, despite describing your religion as "none"?

No, I never did my year and a day. I could never find a coven where I was at. I read about it out of curiosity, the same with Witchcraft, Paganism, Shamanism, and now Islam. (Buddhism and Hinduism are next on my list ^_^). My problem is that I don't think I should have to change my beliefs just to conform to a certain religion, so I haven't. I put none when I joined because it was true I have no religion...Maybe it's time to update that, but what should I put. I believe that all paths/religion are neither completely right or completely wrong. We are all going to end up in the same place...we just have different modes of transportation.

Hope that clears it up some.

 

[ChristineES]

I believe that God calls out to everyone, but not everyone can hear His voice. Anyone who finds God has heard God's "voice" calling out to him or her.

 

[Rainbow Mage]

I say that my gods (the Egyptian gods) chose me, because in my case, they reached out to me when I really knew nothing about them, or very little.

 

[Midnight Pete]

I was raised in a (Catholic) Christian home, but I also heard God calling me and decided to follow. I know that many people choose to lead secular lives despite whatever religious upbringing their parents provided for them. Some just drift away from the religion their parents gave them while others escape more violently.

Why does God (the One & True) call some but not others? I honestly don't know.

 

[Riverwolf]

In probably the most roundabout way God has every guided someone to Him:

inspiration to read philosophy from a single, unimportant scene in Conan the Barbarian, and finding my way to the Upanishads.

 

[ZooGirl02]

To be quite honest, I am not sure if my God chose me or if I chose Him. All I know is that I was raised Southern Baptist, converted to Catholicism a few years ago, and am now a Liberal Christian.

 

[Justin Thyme]

I was raised in a Baptist Church and was happy there until I was about sixteen. It was then that I started questioning the existence of God and the relevancy of religion in my life. Instead of rejecting religion I began looking at other belief systems. At that time some of my friends had gotten into some of the various Pagan beliefs but none of those made much sense to me. I started reading some about Buddhism and Taoism and I found some familiar ideas and concepts there but while doing this I kept hearing this little voice telling me that I already had what I found compelling about these two religions in what I was raised with. I then went back to studying the Bible and reading about the various schools of Theology and discovered that what was bothering me about religion was that I had been raised in a Church that was very Calvinistic in its way of approaching Christianity. My God had sewed seeds of doubt in my mind to get me to look at other perspectives of viewing Him and to find Him in the way that my own mind works.

God chose me from before I was born and has guided me to finding Him as I was meant to see Him. For me that is very close to the same way that John Wesley saw God. I worship now in a United Methodist Church because God guided me there to where I could find others with a similar, but not exactly the same, perspective of God. It gives me a community to work toward the betterment of society as is God's will for me.

 

[Erebus]

I normally think of myself as having chosen my God.
However I think the idea of being chose by God(s) is very interesting and would love to hear any experiences of being chosen - if anyone would like to share.

I personally believe that I was marked or chosen from being very young to follow "Satan"* as a teacher and friend. From being very young I was always drawn to Devil's of all kinds and always sympathised with Satan before I even believed in him. It's difficult to explain the feeling, but I've always been more comfortable with the "dark" side of life.

*I put Satan in quotation marks because I don't believe the Judeo-Christian image of Satan describes much more than one side of an ancient and multifaceted "anti-God". Still Satan is a useful name to use and is relatively accurate at describing the trickster side of this being.

 

[xkatz]

I was raised Jewish, but then about a year or so ago became a "seeker" and I looked at and learned about a plethora of religions and beliefs, everything from LaVeyan Satanism to Sunni Islam. However, ultimately G-d I feel has guided me back to Judaism, which I am happy with

 

[Romeo Corbes]

Really it is hard to explain to your would be listener about being a chosen one by God if one has not experienced it. My birth registration name is Romeo Corbes. I was given a new name as Perfecto de Siena by God, the Holy Spirit, itself. It is hard to believed but I am going to support this biblical. First, Lord Jesus Christ said in John 6:40; " And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last days". The spirit that was raise by God is PERFECTO of SIENA. One of the thousands who died defending the christian against the Roman.

The Holy Spirit has been with us for a period of almost 40 years. She has already raised ten of thousands .

any one interested could post their comment and let us discussed.

 

[Romeo Corbes]

Thank you brother for that wonderful question. I am going to cite verses in the bible. Then I am going to tell you of my actual experienced. First , Isaiah 65:15 says " And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name". Also, Revelation 2:17 says," He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. to him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saying he that receiveth".

My name is Romeo M. Corbes. I was given a name by the Holy Spirit through his bride. The people in the surrounding who assisted the bride during the ceremony does know what would be my spiritual name, even myself.The name uttered by the Holy Spirit is Saint Perfect of Siena. This is the name that has been recorded in the book of life.( Revelation 3:5).

As I am still alive, the word Saint will be replace by the word, Apo. From now on, my spiritual name will be Apo Perfecto de Siena.

 

[SERVANTOFSET]

I was raised as a christian, and was nearly indoctrinated into that belief system. While it took me a long time to turn to Satan, in hindsight there were signs that I was naturally satanic from an early age. I remember (I must have been about 10?) being in church during a confirmation ceremony and one of my friends who was being confirmed had to renounce Satan in front of everyone. I knew that I would be asked to do this a year later but somehow I knew that I couldn't do it. At the time I had no idea why this was but I just felt deep down that I would hate being confirmed. A few months later my family moved to another area of the country where regular church attendance was more difficult and so I was never put in that position.

I didn't devote my self to Set until many years later, and I know that hindisght can distort things but I remember being very confused and at first a little alarmed at this sudden impulse not to renounce Satan. I tried to say those words as I prayed but the words would stick in my throat. There was just this deep part of myself that felt differently about it. There were other occaissions, long before I truly found Satan, when I felt something spiritually that I couldn't put my finger on.

I suspect that the devil had chosen me, possibly from birth, and I couldn't be happier that he has and that I now know his greatness and love. Perhaps it just took many years for my mind to catch up with my inner self.

 

[Klaufi_Wodensson]

Well, I was raised Catholic. At about the age of 13, I started to doubt. I listened to Satanic music, and on a whim I chose to follow the message of my music. I remember riding home from church listening to "**** Your God" by Deicide, and I remember specifically choosing Satan (and therefore Hell) over God and Heaven. I was a Satanist for a few years, and eventually, I started looking outside of the boundaries of God, Jesus, and Satan. And when I stumbled across Asatru, I just felt that the Gods had called me. I believe they waited for me to actually look for something new, and when I finally found them, they beckoned me and accepted me. I've never been happier.

Well, that's my story.