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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suppose someone looks at the universe and is awestruck.  And looks at life in its great variety and wonders how even millions of years of evolution could account for its formation.  And that the person says "I don't understand how this came to be, but I would like a word I can use to refer to the amazingly unlikely fact of existence, so I'll call it God, since that's the closest English word I know."

Is that person a believer?

[b]Or must a believer see God as an entity with whom we speak and who loves us[/b]?[/quote]

I guess it's up to interpretation. To me, "God" implies a creator being. A being or thing that is in charge, and creates things, like the universe.

I do not believe in a creator, and I do not believe in a god, or any gods.

However, I do look around and often see so much beauty, and am awe of the night sky or the gorgeous peonies on my table, and how they came to be. I'm regularly humbled by regular, beautiful, often mundane things I see. I call it nature, or science, or energy.

While I might personally not understand the histories and development of such beauties, lots of other people do. While there are still things no one understands, I do believe in time we (humanity) will understand them. Always growing, always learning, always seeking, and always gaining new understanding. [/quote]

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