A biographical note on why my new framework of understanding God is so important
Part 4
I must say that I personally prefer the traditional view of God as an independently existing personal agent. I am very happy to take the leap of faith, and as I have done this throughout my life, I have found that I have landed on a firm foundation of the reality of God. However, my concern is to try and bridge the gap between faith and reason. It is all very well for me and countless millions of others to live by faith, the difficulty is that some people are not able to take this step of faith, and there is a growing gap between how atheists and theists see things. In a way, I am happily leaving faithful people living their life of faith, while I go in search of those who are not able to find faith. I want to show that a life of faith is completely reasonable. However, instead of arguing this from within a believer’s frame of understanding (that God is an independent agent within a metaphysical reality), I want to argue from within the atheist’s framework of understanding. It seems to me that the ultimate unchallengeable framework of reality for atheists rests on the foundation of the Big Bang and evolution. Therefore, I have used this as my foundation for reality and sought to show that faith has reasonable justification within it. In other words, faith is not a matter of having to have faith in it (precisely the thing some people are unable to do), instead faith is a part of this reality – an indubitable, proven part of reality.
Spiritual Devotion 