Status Update Questions

So it seems we have almost 256 votes on the poll to the left, 128 of which are Buddhists and 100 of which are Christians. I want to ask a new poll questions, but Blogger does not allow open ended poll questions, so I must as in a blog entry. So my question to all of you is this: "Why are you a Buddhist, and when did you become one?" I imagine for many they were born in to a Buddhist family. But even then, there had to come a point when one decided to remain in the faith tradition of their family. In fairness to the non-Buddhists, I also will ask them when and why did you become a member of your particular faith tradition?