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I
have
nothing
against
any
of
these
terms
.
I
feel
they
are
all
equal
because
they
are
all
equally
adequate
and
inadequate
descriptions
of
the
indescribable
.
But
we
each
do
need
a
functional
name
for
this
indescribability
,
and
"
God
"
is
the
name
that
feels
the
most
warm
to
me
,
so
that
’
s
what
I
use
.
I
should
also
confess
that
I
generally
refer
to
God
as
"
Him
,
"
which
doesn
’
t
bother
me
because
,
to
my
mind
,
it
’
s
just
a
convenient
personalizing
pronoun
,
not
a
precise
anatomical
description
or
a
cause
for
revolution
.
Of
course
,
I
don
’
t
mind
if
people
call
God
"
Her
,
"
and
I
understand
the
urge
to
do
so
.
Again
-
to
me
,
these
are
both
equal
terms
,
equally
adequate
and
inadequate
.
Though
I
do
think
the
capitalization
of
either
pronoun
is
a
nice
touch
,
a
small
politeness
in
the
presence
of
the
divine
.
Culturally
,
though
not
theologically
,
I
’
m
a
Christian
.
I
was
born
a
Protestant
of
the
white
Anglo
-
Saxon
persuasion
.
And
while
I
do
love
that
great
teacher
of
peace
who
was
called
Jesus
,
and
while
I
do
reserve
the
right
to
ask
myself
in
certain
trying
situations
what
indeed
He
would
do
,
I
can
’
t
swallow
that
one
fixed
rule
of
Christianity
insisting
that
Christ
is
the
only
path
to
God
.
Strictly
speaking
,
then
,
I
cannot
call
myself
a
Christian
.
Most
of
the
Christians
I
know
accept
my
feelings
on
this
with
grace
and
open
-
mindedness
.
Then
again
,
most
of
the
Christians
I
know
don
’
t
speak
very
strictly
.
To
those
who
do
speak
(
and
think
)
strictly
,
all
I
can
do
here
is
offer
my
regrets
for
any
hurt
feelings
and
now
excuse
myself
from
their
business
.
Traditionally
,
I
have
responded
to
the
transcendent
mystics
of
all
religions
.
I
have
always
responded
with
breathless
excitement
to
anyone
who
has
ever
said
that
God
does
not
live
in
a
dogmatic
scripture
or
in
a
distant
throne
in
the
sky
,
but
instead
abides
very
close
to
us
indeed
-
much
closer
than
we
can
imagine
,
breathing
right
through
our
own
hearts
I
respond
with
gratitude
to
anyone
who
has
ever
voyaged
to
the
center
of
that
heart
,
and
who
has
then
returned
to
the
world
with
a
report
for
the
rest
of
us
that
God
is
an
experience
of
supreme
love
.
In
every
religious
tradition
on
earth
,
there
have
always
been
mystical
saints
and
transcendents
who
report
exactly
this
experience
.
Unfortunately
many
of
them
have
ended
up
arrested
and
killed
.
Still
,
I
think
very
highly
of
them
.
In
the
end
,
what
I
have
come
to
believe
about
God
is
simple
.
It
’
s
like
this
-
I
used
to
have
this
really
great
dog
.
She
came
from
the
pound
.
She
was
a
mixture
of
about
ten
different
breeds
,
but
seemed
to
have
inherited
the
finest
features
of
them
all
.
She
was
brown
.
When
people
asked
me
,
"
What
kind
of
dog
is
that
?
"
I
would
always
give
the
same
answer
:
"
She
’
s
a
brown
dog
.
"
Similarly
,
when
the
question
is
raised
,
"
What
kind
of
God
do
you
believe
in
?
"
my
answer
is
easy
:
"
I
believe
in
a
magnificent
God
.
"
Of
course
,
I
’
ve
had
a
lot
of
time
to
formulate
my
opinions
about
divinity
since
that
night
on
the
bathroom
floor
when
I
spoke
to
God
directly
for
the
first
time
.
In
the
middle
of
that
dark
November
crisis
,
though
,
I
was
not
interested
in
formulating
my
views
on
theology
.
I
was
interested
only
in
saving
my
life
.
I
had
finally
noticed
that
I
seemed
to
have
reached
a
state
of
hopeless
and
life
-
threatening
despair
,
and
it
occurred
to
me
that
sometimes
people
in
this
state
will
approach
God
for
help
.
I
think
I
’
d
read
that
in
a
book
somewhere
.
What
I
said
to
God
through
my
gasping
sobs
was
something
like
this
:
"
Hello
,
God
.
How
are
you
?
I
’
m
Liz
.
It
’
s
nice
to
meet
you
.
"
That
’
s
right
-
I
was
speaking
to
the
creator
of
the
universe
as
though
we
’
d
just
been
introduced
at
a
cocktail
party
.
But
we
work
with
what
we
know
in
this
life
,
and
these
are
the
words
I
always
use
at
the
beginning
of
a
relationship
.
In
fact
,
it
was
all
I
could
do
to
stop
myself
from
saying
,
"
I
’
ve
always
been
a
big
fan
of
your
work
…
"
"
I
’
m
sorry
to
bother
you
so
late
at
night
,
"
I
continued
.
"
But
I
’
m
in
serious
trouble
.
And
I
’
m
sorry
I
haven
’
t
ever
spoken
directly
to
you
before
,
but
I
do
hope
I
have
always
expressed
ample
gratitude
for
all
the
blessings
that
you
’
ve
given
me
in
my
life
.
"
