Not knowing any better, I said: “No.”
She then went on to say, “You’ve got to believe in something!”
As you can see, I never forgot her question. But now I have a better answer: I do believe in God. I believe in three gods, all of whom I conceptualize as one God in my own mind.
My three gods are: nature, humanity, and my own mind.
(1) Nature is god of the universe.
(2) Humanity is god of the earth.(3) My own mind is god of my own body.
These three gods are God to me.
I am no longer in touch with that little girl who, if still alive, is a woman now; but, if I were, I would want her to know that I do now believe in something—in fact, I not only believe in one god, I believe in three gods: nature, humanity, and my own mind. These three together is my God.
So, I guess you can say that I am a naturalist, a humanist, and an individualist. But most of all I am a human being who thinks for himself.
