This is a question that has been bugging me for a lot of time. I really appreciate that you wrote this topic without any specific belief in mind.

I think that most of our belief system depends of what is handed down to us by the people that surround us. Since the moment we are born we are taught to believe in a series of values and principles, and I guess that part of them will stick with us, even if we don't really notice. What I've been wondering all these years is whether we are ever really free to finding our own system of beliefs.

I come from a Catholic family. I know you asked us not to explain our own belief, but I'm just making an example, so bear with me :D At some point in my life, I took an interest to philosophy, I started to find attractive the idea of seeing the world by other perspectives, and ever since then I've been trying to break free from any bias, any prejudice and just analyze what I see without any filters. Which, incidentally, is also the answer to your question: I try to see the world using as many points of view as I realistically can.
Moving on: growing up, the catholic way of life, as much as I appreciated the values underneath, started to feel like something extremely fake to me, and I dropped that belief entirely. It forced a point of view on my, and it wasn't one that I had chosen. And honestly, to be catholic you have to believe, have faith, and I felt that it wasn't really my case. And yet, I've been wondering: what if my "atheism", or whatever you want to call it, is but a reaction to the belief system that was imparted to me? What if I was rebelling to what I felt to be an oppression on my parents' side? What if I have met god on my own, one day, while searching for new perspectives? I guess the question is: are we ever free of choosing our own set of beliefs or are we always affected by the choices of those around us, one way or the other?

Thank you for giving us the chance of discussing these matters.