Wow...that is quite a question.

Lets see:
My beliefs are pretty eclectic. I have spent my life finding bits and pieces of things that felt "true" to my heart and soul.
I believe all faiths hold some truth, and that everyone must find their own path.

I was raised in a very culturally diverse environment and exposed (thankfully) to many religions. races and lifestyles.
Young I developed a strong interest in the arts and in cultures.

I continued on to study Anthropology(concentration on Cultural-especially religions and folklore)and Psychology with a Sociology minor.
This (of course) exposed me even more to other cultures and religions, both past and present.

I saw patterns in many of the religions. Some called to me more than others. Some felt like home. I found over time that I had taken these bits and pieces and combined them into my own set of beliefs.

I do find that my beliefs are always evolving. To me, to stagnate is to die. Growth means examining oneself and one's beliefs, in my opinion, and altering them as one changes over time.

Well, I was initially raised by my mother who was truly strange. This meant the dinosaurs were created in a basement by scientists promoting Evolutionism, according to her. Everyday might be the Last Day.
Then I lived with my Grandparents who would take me to church (Catholic), and afterwards question the priests' sermons. I learned how to cast spells and dowse from them. They were proud of their Pagan heritage in the old country.
I was very interested in Zen Buddhism in my teens, and recent rekindled my interest. So, I am in my late thirties and while I appreciate all Paganism has taught me, I have returned to the Zen Buddhist teachings of my youth. 

WHAT DO I BELIEVE?: A little bit of everything actually. Like Poppy said, all faiths hold some truth. No one said you have to stick with that particular faith for it to be true.

WHAT DID I ORIGINALLY BELIEVE?: I don't know if I really believed in anything when I was little. My grandma is Jehovah's Witness and my mom kind of took to the Lutheran church, but she is more or less spiritual now.

WHAT BROUGHT ME TO BELIEVE WHAT I DO TODAY?: I guess you could say at the time, my lifestyle and curiosity. I too took a class on Anthropology, somewhere between 1998-2000 at the community college. It sparked my interest about other cultures and what they believed in and how they incorporated their beliefs into their everyday lives.

I highly recommend to anyone, if you go back to school or are in school now, take a class in Anthropology. It is quite interesting.

Ooops I posted most of my answer to this in the Celtic druidism thread.

To expand upon it. I lost my mother to cancer when I was 20 years old. She was a wise woman if ever there were one. People would come to her for guidance and she had an amazing energy around her all the time.

I used to teach horse riding in a stables that lay in a valley. My mother managed the yard and my father (upon retirement) became the glorified handyman there. My mother used to every morn fill the horses water troughs at the peak of the hills either side of the valley. Before the people came for lessons or to see the animals.

We were often there from dawn until dusk. My parents were both older when they had me and didn't say much. They didn't have to. My mothers words were that she never needed church as on that hill top she could see all that was good in creation and the harshness of the 'circle of life' that is nature. We were really there all weathers.

For all those years I was there, I never tired of the weather. All seasons held something of interest to me. The energy of the horses and other animals made me content and I felt and loved the world around me.

It was those formative years that set me on to become withdrawn and stressed when forced inside (married young with two kids) I still suffer with being 'caged' but I have my garden and take great joy in nature that way. I hope to return to horses soon.

Energy and nature always has been my driving passion. it has just taken many years of search and error to realize.

What do you believe?
I have an array of belief's.. I'm still figuring out what path is the one for me. But I can say that I practice different parts of The Occult, I follow Wicca, I'm an Elemental Psi Vamp .. so I guess you could call me pagan to a certain degree, I actually have no clue what I could be called.. I'm a VampWitch 


Did you originally believe something else, and if so, what?
I was brought up in a Italian Roman Catholic household, my Fathers side is Presbyterian, owning multiple churches in the south.. I went to CCD classes from age 4 to 13, I actually became quite into it but was detoured when I  realized that their belief system did not suit me.. so to speak. I then told my Mother that I did not want to make my confirmation, she regretfully allowed me to follow my own path (thankfully).. leading to me becoming the outcast of my whole family.

What brought you to believe what you do now?
Basically.. what I felt at the time was not what anyone I was around believed. No one understood my feelings, my empathy, the fact that I can feel spirits, and when I talked to the Nuns about it they said I should not even think such things.. I then asked the head Priest (Who was best friends with my father mind you), and he said the same.. not even wanting to engage in a conversation. I did not wish to be in a faith that limited your thoughts.

That's as nice as I can be.