[sugErspun]

Great thread everyone.

God is nothing more than a word. I have tried to find substitutes that express the same idea, but three letters are just so simple, and people being uncomfortable isn't necessarily a bad thing...they might ask me what God means to me.


Then I have to explain that I haven't the faintest idea of what God is, but I believe that it is, and once I got to the point of being willing to believe that - my world changed.

Joseph Campbell explains it well in "The Power of Myth" talks - I don't have the book on me, but he says "God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought." - sums it up nicely for me. I can fit that into my brain.

If I wasn't an alcoholic - it probably wouldn't be that big of a deal to most people. But those who knew me before, during and now - putting 'God' into my life has led to me not drinking - they results are tangible. They see it first hand...like adding dye to water.