Does God Exist?, Share your opinions here. Options

I believe God existed - as long man exist - Man are Godlike.
If God did not exist, then man will created God/s to worship.
Humanity NEEDS an Omnipotent, and ALL powerfull etc GOD figure to rely upon - for whatever reasons.

For human physical needs, Money, Sex, Power and Fame has become GOD.
For spiritual and fear of Death, search for enlightment, securities, etc, the higher being promoted and worshipped by man-made religions is GOD.

In the beginning of civilization, man has been suspected to create their own God/s. All ancient civilizations have their own Gods with different names until the Christians converted and introduces One God system to unite and help prevent war among nations. One BIG political step toward unification of mankind.

God = Mother Nature = Cosmic Energies = Higher Intelligence = KIA = The Universe, whatever...

How do you see God?

I think having a separate entity makes it easier to relate to; it somehow reminds me of the old joke about having to speak out loud so that you can hear what you yourself are saying, rather than just thinking it.

*nods*

As one who talks to myself all the time, I agree. I used to pray to G-d, but the closer I've gotten to Spirit the more I've come to think it is Spirit within I'm actually speaking to. I have an idea that spark within has contained the knowledge and wisdom I seek all along. I'm learning daily how to access it.

There are two ideas in God Is A Verb by Rabbi Cooper which really helped to clarify this for me. The first is concerning the Shema Prayer. This is an excerpt from the book:

"Shema Yisrael, Adonoy Elohaynu, Adonoy Ehad (Hear, O Isreal, the Lord is Our God, the Lord is One). The way I explain the meaning of this prayer is as follows: Listen Closely (Shema), that part within each of us that yearns to go directly to G-d (Israel--Yashar El), the transcendent, unknowable source of sources (Adonoy) and the immanent, are actually, paradoxically, on and the same (Ehad)."

And this really helped drive the idea home:

"The teaching of the mystery of Ein Sof is that the center of our being, out of which awe arises, is that about which we are awed."