shaz i had an interest in wicca as my mother is a white witch and a high priestess (solitary) the celtic symbols that you described are one and the same, most of which also used to feature in old catholic/christian rituals.

sarajane in my own experience in discussion with others i tend to steer clear of religious topics as they can all too easily be turned in to inflammatory arguments.
i was raised a catholic, i have been baptised, made my first reconciliation,been confirmed etc, i went to an all girls catholic school and attended mass.
i read the bible at 6 then again at 12 and the last time was when i was about 17.
my mother became a wiccan high priestess, she has an interest in all things oogly boogly (as some might say!)
her sister is still a practising catholic, her younger sister is a born again christian ( who has been told by her church that we are evil and she should not associate with us because we will lead her astray!!!)
i attended school with mormans, buddhists, born again christians, lutherans, pentecostals etc.
what it all came down too was they were my friends!
i am no longer a practising catholic, i would have been excomunicated by now anyways!
i tend to take all my own little bits and that is my faith.
Faith, no matter in what, god, jesus, the goddess, the sun the moon, buddha whichever is still faith,
i think thats the most important thing.