QUOTE(OnlyNow @ Apr 20, 04:57 PM)

....To not believe in God, then you must also not believe in "everything". The universe is here, IMO. There is no other evidence for God, but do we really need it?
Sounds okay to me. I call this "everything" GØD --that is, that which is physically, mentally and spiritually, "everything". Rick gave me some help making the Ø, which represents that GØD is in and through "everything". This includes people in families, in community, and you and I as persons. I experience GØD in mystery, as the absolute "everything"; I experience God in the relative, measurable and scientific "everything", in nature and in society. And I experience god, personally--that is, in and through me and you.
IMHO, my role, as a GØD-filled individual person, is as follows: without imposing my personal beliefs, likes and dislikes, on anyone, I am here to make the conscious effort to act morally and ethically and to connect with "everything" and to practice the art of loving "everything", and everyone. I am not here to impose a rigid orthodoxy on anyone. I am here to do a flexible orthopraxy in my relationships with everyone--the basis of justice, peace, harmony, joy and beauty.