I dunno, MtheGM. You say my view of God as Within All and Beyond All, doesn't say anything. Well, maybe it doesn't say anything you can disagree with. Why is it that a God must be counter to the reality that we perceive, able to tweak that reality in accordance with the prayers of believers? Why can't faith be "reality-based."

Couldn't it be, that we are surrounded by the sacred? That we encounter the sacred in every moment, every person, every thing we encounter. And each of these sacred entities and sacred moments has infinite potential - could it be, that the potential is what people worship as God?

And could it be that all the sacred myths and sacred writings and sacred rituals of all cultures, serve at their best to awaken in us a mindfulness of the sacredness that surrounds us? And could it be that through time, there have been people who embody the sacred for us, in whom the sacred is incarnate?

Maybe that's not what God is, either - but hey, it works for me. It adds joy and richness and depth to my life.

-Joe-