God

In a recent documentary Richard Dawkins asserted something to the following effect: A lot of people, when they give up God feel a great sense of release and freedom. When I became an atheist I did so in response to and with respect to a certain individual / figure. With respect to the God of Neil Anderson I suppose I am an atheist since, returning again to Dawkins, we are all atheists with respect to untold pantheons of gods. With respect to the God of doctrine or of catechism or of any other kind of barrier which prevents immediate one-on-one contact with this person I am an atheist.

What I am not, however, is an atheist with respect to God, a figure whose definition and essence I shall leave to the reader's imagination. I hope the reader will be courteous enough to return the favour.

To those I have hurt over this past year, I am very sorry.