Where have you looked for God, and what were you looking for?

[marylandblue]

46. I would look for a being that has a measureable effect on the universe

Doesn't have to be physical. But it has to actually DO something. A verified miracle that can't be explaineded another way. Clear evidence of design, not, "well it kind of looks designed if you think about it a certain way, so you must be looking the wrong way." Proof that prayer heals the sick (other than the placebo effect) or can make my horse win the Triple Crown. Not a First Cause that relies on our lack of scientific knowledge about how the universe started or on our intuition that everything has a cause... therefore, God. Because modern physics shows that our intuitions about physics are actually wrong. Someone cold, dead and decomposing returning to tell us what he saw.

And certainly, not anything about faith needing no proof. That last one is the worst. Basically all it says is that you believe because you believe because you believe because... Which is to say it says nothing at all.

I believe in spirituality. Personal experience of mystical states, like Buddhist enlightenment, or simply awe at the majesty of the universe. That's the closest I get to God. But that is not a Creator in any sense. It's just a function of our brains able to experience certain states we don't normally experience. There is no faith involved because it is simply another mental state. But it also says nothing about the world outside our own minds.