Why I Believe in God (The Non-Sanctimonious Reason)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Katherine Gordy Levine

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A few weeks ago, a dear atheist friend of mine asked me why I believe in God.  Not in that “Religion is so stupid and therefore so are you” kind of way.  But honest curiosity.  She finds me to be a rational, non-superstitious, and free-thinker type and simply wondered what my personal reasons are for a belief in God.  I gave her a few of my reasons, but I have been thinking about it a lot lately.  And I’ve been asking myself what is my proof. I wish I could say that I have always been a religious …

SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH as today’s Daily Post Challenge. Thank you Flappiness for this.

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