With due respect, Stigweard--you don't need a God, you've already constructed one of your own--What with tying it all in to Carl Sagan, you could probably recruit a lot of scientists and such types who have stayed away from religion, but feel left out on Sundays--

And Mrzzy--when you create a "Golden Rule", you are creating an external reference--an article of faith, a doctrine, all that stuff that you don't like--