God is everywhere!

The Russian states 'An atheist is one who claims that there is no God.''Hi The Russian and thanks again for your participation. Here is what Wik states'Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists.I am an atheist. I reject all existing defined notions of deity as they exist within theism. I know no God except that which is. This is not intended to be wordplay but rather a statement that God can be experienced by all in an actual and real way.The Russian states '.... you asked why people generally believe, and most world religions include a personal God and an afterlife, which is why I mentioned it as something one would want to believe if even given a shred of a reason.'You talk about these things but not me. If you have an 'orthodox' notion of what a God entails then that is yours to deal with. I will talk more about this later.The Russian states ' However, I don't see God anywhere. This is partially why I don't at all connect with the anecdotes you present and the ideas that "we can all find God" because I've looked, but haven't found.'I have looked for things(usually car keys) and never found them. Have you ever looked into those pictures that contain another hidden image. You have to stay open to possibility in everything you do. An open mind will eventually lead to revelations. I am old now and maybe that is why I feel that I can say these things .Here are more of your 'orthodox' notions of what a God should be. The Russian states 'Organized religion is based on just...standardized beliefs such as those mentioned above based on ancient texts that it's difficult to really confirm or refute because, well, we weren't there so we like to think that a longggg time ago, some representation of God visited us humans out of the kindness of his spirit to "enlighten" us.'This is all your stuff TR, and I can only highlight it to you, you have a God who travels with a benevolent agenda that appears to be 'human specific'. With regard to the ancient and semi modern texts of theism, these are very easy to refute as nonsense. They bear no resemblance to anything we have seen or know of. How could they possibly be even close to truth. You need to go further back to the pre-history of these texts to find their real and actual origins which are environmentally based.(ie real) We are not talking about theism here. We are talking about God that has always been detectable to all life forms on this planet since the start of life . Many of the origin myths purport the notion that God was 'pre-life' and I feel that this is likely accurate in that shadows move on the moon without life. There may be potential in this, I do not know.In short, The Russian's proposal that God belief was established as a form of delusional 'comforting' is a very weak argument. What other delusions have we sustained and perpetuated within human societies.?Is Time real?I want to move my argument further. Consider Time for one moment. This is a generally accepted phenomena. We use it as an entity in our sciences. We observe Time indirectly via change. We have no issues dealing with this imperceptible 'thing'. I do not accept Time as real but others do. I will explain this briefly. Buddhism struggles with the concept of 'orthodox' time and so do I. I find it impossible to encapsulate a specific moment or point of time. I feel that events of the past are as real as events now. I cannot however project this notion into an unformed future. Aborigines and Maori cultures independently have reached these conclusions , ie that the past is simultaneously happening with the now. I cannot accept mathematical time and I feel that people allow time concepts to go on uncontested. Would that their intellects would afford the same latitude to a God that has been used and recognized as being there since we first became cognitive. Why the disparity?I said God is what is. The Russian explains God belief almost as the use of a mathematical variable ie (x(God) represents that which we do not understand or that which frightens us) In this scenario, reality would be (that which we know +x) In this mindset, we chip away at x to achieve a level of perfect knowledge that will provide us explanation and context. This is a simplistic and arrogant standpoint for a primate to adopt.Imagine if you start with God as x and God being all that is. Our knowledge becomes insignificant to an infinitely small decimal. We are lost within God. What fraction of what is, do we know. Can a scientist answer this? Where can we go to improve our capabilities. Do we rely on ourselves? We are in a library that is so advanced that our best option is just to sit and 'smell the books'Deny reality if you want to and become an orthodox theist. Alternatively, ignore or deny reality and proceed as your own will dictates. I cannot show you a picture of time but I can structure and present events using time. I cannot show you a picture of God but when I tell you that God is everywhere, I have shown you where to look.Look at flies under a tree, look at pavement litter, observe your own mental ramblings before you sleep, think about events in your childhood, consider the plight of your cousins, incarcerated in the zoo's of the world, consider the story of a large rock near you house, what would it be like to be a whale.........................I am confident that the element that made our primitive ancestors declare God as real is still here for us all to find and engage with. God is beyond anything we could do to make it disappear. What do you think? I will answer any questions that I can. I am joyous and comfortable within a 'God' and some day I will be absorbed into it like a mouse that dies in a ditch. We must accept our 'smallness' within this amazing thing.