Does God Exist?
Dwelling on the question inhibits our understanding.
To those of us who enjoy a good argument now and then, few topics can generate the buzz a debate regarding the existence of God can. Having been raised in a religious family, left the church of my youth, and fluctuated between agnosticism and atheism for the better part of two decades, I have had my share of them myself.
But once the thrill of the argument has worn off, the feeling that there must be a better approach to spirituality than the either/or choice that the God vs. no God debate forces upon us remains. Having watched and rewatched Bill Moyers’ excellent series of interviews with the late American mythologist Joseph Campbell, I’ve long felt strongly there had to be a third way, even if finding it has until recently proved elusive.
Most people are neither theologians nor philosophers. Furthermore, we live in a world that is flooded with information like never before in our history. Like a detective in a cheesy 1950s era crime show, we are increasingly inclined to demand the people and institutions we deal with every day just give us the facts. Life, we think, will be much simpler that way.
But spirituality is not a fact-based way of relating to the world. That isn’t to say it’s not true, but that truth in this context means something different…
