Hi my name is Sommer. When I was 17 I was dissatisfied with the religion my parents raised me in. I was always a very religious person but I followed religion blindly, like most people do. I believed everything my parents and the church taught me.

When I was seventeen, I started to think on my own, not follow blindly what I was taught to believe. I started to read up on all the world's religions in an attempt to sort out my beliefs and find my path. I became a Buddhist for a while because they believed in reincarnation and so did I mainly because I remembered some of my past lives before knowing what a past life was.

I was moving away from the belief that hell existed. I found it hard to believe that a god who supposedly loved us would then turn around and roast us in hell for all eternity. I started to question life, people and religion.

When I was 20, I thought, why am I following someone else's religion? Why don't I create my own. Every religion started with someone. Even though most religions give some sort of mystical start to their religion the truth is they were all started by someone who was dissatisfied with life and other religions and wanted a new way of doing things. Many hundreds years later someone adds "it came from god" or "it came to him in a dream" or "god appeared to him". They know that people are more likely to follow a religion if it "came from god". People are more likely to stay in the religion too because they fear angering god. I don't want anyone to think this religion came from a god or goddess. It came from ME. I started observing people, observing life, thinking about what I believed, and slowly put my own religion together.

I called it the Sommerians because my name is Sommer. I wanted it to be run by women because from my research into religions all of them were created by men and were run by men. These religions subjugated women. Their main focus is to get to heaven, earth is a bad place they need to escape. They follow their god blindly. They aren't allowed to question god for fear he will punish them. Even the new age religions who have channelled gods, only channel male gods and spirits. Ever notice that? Why only male gods, male spirits and male leaders?

I knew the only way a religion could be different was if it was run by women. Men could join but everything would be controlled by women and the main focus would be living as nature intended. Our motto would be "Nature knows best".

And so this is my religion: The Sommerian Religion. If you think it's right for you, then you are welcome to join, if not, that's okay. I don't believe in convincing people I am right. I don't care if I'm right. I only care that it is right for me. And if you think it's right for you then join.