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Originally Posted by levite
I believe in God, partly because I see what I perceive to be the effects of the hand of God at work in the world around us (nature, people, etc.), and partly because I have had moments where I personally feel the presence of God with me.
I have no need to convince anyone or prove anything, so I don't really think about "evidence" or "proof" about God. What other people believe is their business, not mine.
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This is pretty much how I feel. My beliefs are a little more complicated--for instance, I believe that God has a feminine component, historically represented as the Great Goddess, or Mary in Christianity. I believe the Goddess is the one who intercedes for us on a day-to-day basis--she is our Mother. At any rate, hers is the presence I have felt, as well as the presence of Jesus. Yet these are things I would never be able to explain to someone and expect them to understand. All of these moments are deeply personal and reinforce my belief, but there is no way for me to prove that they occurred, and as such, I don't expect them to carry any weight with other people.
But I do know what has happened to me, and I know what I see in the world around me, and I know what is true to me. My belief system is a weird amalgamation of mainline Protestantism (go Episcopalians!), crossed with a fair bit of Wicca and a healthy dose of Buddhism.
Spirituality is something that comes from within us, and as such, it is something that is up to each individual to define.