Reply #32: A few were

[kiahzero]

Mainly I read a lot and exposed myself to what other people thought and believed. A lot of this pondering was during high school, so my exposure to non-Christians was somewhat limited (there aren't a whole lot in Virginia, surprisingly enough). However, a few of my friends were interested in theology, and we talked quite a bit on the matter. There was one girl who I talked to a lot on the matter - as best I can tell looking back, she was trying to figure out why I didn't believe in God, and I was trying to figure out why she did. Most of the pagans I know I meant inadvertently in undergrad; without realizing it for quite some time, the vast majority of my friends fall into the "pagan" category, and most of that subset I met through working at a computing site. Who knew? :shrug:

To say that I "worship" a specific deity is inaccurate, as I'm not much for worship or ritual. For my own personal connection to the divine, I generally see things in terms of the classical elemental forces. It's not something that would make sense to most people, but it really doesn't have to.