I answered your question to my satisfaction, Greg, but not to yours. I see God as "That which is beyond us, and within us." I realize that's foggy, but it works fine for me. Sounds like you want a more definite answer, but I don't have that for you. You have to go to the absolutists if you want definite answers - and I don't want to go there. Fry/Hitchens/Dawkins and the born-again Christians and the Islamic fundamentalists have definite answers, if that's what you're looking for. If the answer were more definite, there wouldn't be room for the wide spectrum of perspectives among the various religious traditions. I think that to the extent we can allow for that wide spectrum, our world is much healthier, more peaceful, and more imaginative.

-Joe-