Answers to Your Questions > What do you believe now? > Life without an Idea of a God
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Mary,
I was mesmorized by your story. I couldn't put it down. If felt as though I walked with you, I so understood how you were feeling- until- the end and I found you no longer really believed in God. Really? Is there no place in your life for it? Do you find no comfort in belief? How do you find comfort when you no longer believe? Maybe these questions are too personal, but after having read your book, I feel as though you've opened the door.
Pat
Dear Pat,
Certainly, we all have different ways of relating to life. I prefer to engage in life directly now, without that image of God that worked like a lens for me for so long.
Letting go of God was one of the hardest things I've ever done- and, for me, one of the most necessary.
Certainly belief in a God who takes care of everything and will make everything come out all right in the end is indeed a very comforting thing. But it seems more honest to me to admit that I don't really understand all the mysteries of the universe, and that though I have had many subjective experiences that I interpreted in the past as experiences of a Supreme Being or Spirit, I can't really be sure that's what it is.
I believe that if there is a God, God would want me to be honest. I am honest when I say that I see no convincing evidence for the sort of God that most people talk about. Before I studied the Bible, I used to think that the Bible was a sort of evidence, but the Bible isn't like journalism- it was written long after the events that are described, and many of its stories aren't meant to be interpreted as facts. And we know how unreliable even modern journalism can be!
I'll be talking more about these issues in my next book!
All the best to you, Pat.
Mary