This is one of the most personal questions for anyone to answer. From what I’ve seen, answers generally fall into one of 4 or 5 categories. The first are those who feel they have a “personal relationship” with God and that the Bible is the ONLY document that needs to be referred to to live your life. Next are those that definitely believe in God and follow some religion. There are also those that believe, but follow no recognized religion. There are also those who are not sure there is a God. Lastly, are the confirmed atheists, who are sure there is not a God.
Personally, I find the first and last groups the least intersting to talk to about God. The first group has their minds made up that things are one way and there’s no need to look further. The last group I can at least understand. They have a logical point. They state that since it is impossible to prove that God exists, there’s no point in trying to do so. Of course, this makes discussing God or “Why we are all here” a very short conversation.
Personally, I was raised a Roman Catholic and for the beginning part of my life, I fit firmly into the “follow a religion” crowd. As time went on though, I wanted to understand more about the nature of God than the church teaches. Since my early teenage years, I’ve been on a journey to understand God on a level not yet common among humans. Do I believe in God? Yes, I do. I recognize that this is a belief on my part and not purely rational thought. It is called faith after all. I cannot prove the existence of God, but my belief provides me with many of the answers to life’s questions. However, what I think of as God is definitely not the same as any religion that I know of. I hope as I go through the questions of life and the answers I have found that the reasons for my belief in God will be made clear. I will also discuss why I don’t believe any religion really explains everything my belief does.
I’ve already stated that if God created the universe, then God is outside of time since time is part of the universe. Thinking of God in this way will lead to the first of the 5 questions of life. What are those five questions?
- Who am I?
- What do I want?
- Where am I going?
- How do I get there?
- Why am I here?
As we’ll see, the order we address the first two questions, who and what, are critical to the types of decisions and choices we make. First up will be “Who am I?” which is totally appropriate.
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