""my definition is that a god is not a pre-requisite to a position on origins ,for example, being a religious position.""

I disagree with that Pete.

A God is a prerequisite for faith. But a group of men with a common belief, and agreed rites and rituals which they consider sacred, is a prerequisite for religion and religious beliefs.

God doesn't need religion and neither do I.

But religions need a God, and each one manufactures its own sacred one and only true God, and defends it with religious fervour and often violence.

I talk directly to the God I believe in and I don't have to kill anyone or adhere to anyone else's belief.

Just please don't ever dare to call my faith a religion because it is the antithesis of that.

Don T.