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God is a philosophical creation.
I see philosophy as a pursuit of understanding subjective concepts though subjective devices.
I believe that human being understand the world though relativity: the relationship between objects and ideas. Subjectivity is a quality attributed to things outside the realm of experience. If our world concept can be seen as a spiderweb of connected objects and ideas than subjective concepts are those items within that web which are added by our mind to fill in missing links.
Philosophy is a way for us to explore far past the objective limits of this relative network. God is one such philosophical device. It is a placeholder for everything we don't understand. A temporary link to connect dots that have a link we don't yet perceive. We can be very creative with such devices.
In the end everything, including experience, requires faith. We never have a complete picture of the world around us. Philosophy is very much a necessity for living a fulfilling life. There are times when "spirituality" is the best attribute we can give to the experiences in our life. In this case Occam's Razor plays against the atheist because much like theists they dive into the complexities of scientific theories.
I see life as walking a fine balance between faith and perception. At times going with your gut is the best course of action; accepting the spiritual allows us to fully experience a moment rather than lose it to scientific analysis; opening our minds to contradicting possibilities gives us the right answer; and thinking outside the box leads us to the right perspective.
How does one live like this? To begin we have to have faith in the most important variable of all: ourselves. We are the center of our relative universe. If we don't have faith in ourselves than all else becomes suspect and looking for other sources of truth - outside ourselves - will only lead to pain.
So I start with a simple statement: "I'm" and work my way from there using both perception and faith.
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