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Contents: 1-I nt h eBe g i n n i n g. . . 2-On eGo d 3-ALi g h t t ot h eGe n t i l e s 4-Tr i n i t y : Th eCh r i s t i a nGo d 5-Un i t y : Th eGo do fI s l a m 6-Th eGo do fI s l a m 7-Th eGo do ft h eMy s t i c s 8-AGo df o rRe f o r me r s 9-En l i g h t e n me n t 10-Th eDe a t ho fGo d ? 11-Ha sGo daFu t u r e ? Gl o s s a r y

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Introduction Asac h i l d , Ih a dan u mb e ro fs t r o n gr e l i g i o u sb e l i e f sb u tl i t t l ef a i t hi nGo d .Th e r ei sad i s t i n c t i o nb e t we e nb e l i e fi nas e to f p r o p o s i t i o n sa n daf ai t hwh i c he n a b l e su st op u to u rt r u s ti nt h e m.Ib e l i e v e di mp l i c i t l yi nt h ee x i s t e n c eo fGo d ;Ia l s o b e l i e v e di nt h eRe a lPr e s e n c eo fCh r i s ti nt h eEu c h a r i s t ,t h ee f f i c a c yo ft h es a c r a me n t s ,t h ep r o s p e c to fe t e r n a ld a mn a t i o n a n dt h eo b j e c t i v er e a l i t yo fPu r g a t o r y .Ic a n n o ts a y ,h o we v e r ,t h a tmyb e l i e fi nt h e s er e l i g i o u so p i n i o n sa b o u tt h en a t u r eo f u l t i ma t er e a l i t yg a v ememu c hc o n f i d e n c et h a tl i f eh e r eo ne a r t hwa sg o o do rb e n e f i c e n t .Th eRo ma nCa t h o l i c i s mo fmy c h i l d h o o dwa sar a t h e rf r i g h t e n i n gc r e e d .J a me sJ o y c eg o ti t r i g h ti nPor t r ai toft heAr t i s tasaYo u n gMa n : Il i s t e n e dt o mys h a r eo fh e l l f i r es e r mo n s .I nf a c tHe l ls e e me damo r ep o t e n tr e a l i t yt h a nGo d ,b e c a u s ei twa ss o me t h i n gt h a tIc o u l d g r a s pi ma g i n a t i v e l y . Go d , o nt h eo t h e rh a n d , wa sas o me wh a t s h a d o wyf i g u r e , d e f i n e di ni n t e l l e c t u a la b s t r a c t i o n sr a t h e rt h a n i ma g e s . Wh e nIwa sa b o u t e i g h t y e a r so l d , Ih a dt ome mo r i s et h i sc a t e c h i s ma n s we rt ot h eq u e s t i o n , ' Wh a t i sGo d ? ' :' Go di s t h eSu p r e meSp i r i t , Wh oa l o n ee x i s t so fHi ms e l fa n di si n f i n i t ei na l lp e r f e c t i o n s . ' No ts u r p r i s i n g l y , i tme a n tl i t t l et omea n dI a mb o u n dt os a yt h a t i t s t i l l l e a v e smec o l d .I th a sa l wa y ss e e me das i n g u l a r l ya r i d ,p o mp o u sa n da r r o g a n td e f i n i t i o n . Si n c e wr i t i n gt h i sbo ok, h o we v e r , Ih a v ec o met ob e l i e v et h a t i t i sa l s oi n c o r r e c t . AsIg r e wu p , Ir e a l i s e dt h a t t h e r ewa smo r et or e l i g i o nt h a nf e a r . Ir e a dt h el i v e so ft h es a i n t s ,t h eme t a p h y s i c a lp o e t s ,T.S. El i o ta n ds o meo ft h es i mp l e rwr i t i n g so ft h emy s t i c s .Ib e g a nt ob emo v e db yt h eb e a u t yo ft h el i t u r g ya n d ,t h o u g hGo d r e ma i n e dd i s t a n t , If e l t t h a t i t wa sp o s s i b l et obr e a kt h r o u g ht oh i ma n dt h a t t h ev i s i o nwo u l dt r a n s f i g u r et h ewh o l eo fc r e a t e d r e a l i t y . Todot h i sIe n t e r e dar e l i g i o u so r d e ra n d , a san o v i c ea n day o u n gn u n , Il e a r n e dag o o dd e a l mo r ea b o u tt h ef a i t h .I a p p l i e dmy s e l ft oa p o l o g e t i c s ,s c r i p t u r e ,t h e o l o g ya n dc h u r c hh i s t o r y .Id e l v e di n t ot h eh i s t o r yo ft h emo n a s t i cl i f ea n d e mb a r k e do nami n u t ed i s c u s s i o no ft h eRu l eo fmyo wno r d e r ,wh i c hweh a dt ol e a r nb yh e a r t .St r a n g e l ye n o u g h ,Go d f i g u r e dv e r yl i t t l ei na n yo ft h i s . At t e n t i o ns e e me df o c u s e do ns e c o n d a r yd e t a i l sa n dt h emo r ep e r i p h e r a l a s p e c t so fr e l i g i o n .I wr e s t l e dwi t hmy s e l f i np r a y e r , t r y i n gt of o r c emymi n dt oe n c o u n t e rGo db u t h er e ma i n e das t e r nt a s k ma s t e r , wh oo b s e r v e d mye v e r yi n f r i n g e me n to ft h eRu l e ,o rt a n t a l i s i n g l ya b s e n t .Th emo r eIr e a da b o u tt h er a p t u r e so ft h es a i n t s ,t h emo r eo fa f a i l u r eIf e l t . Iwa su n h a p p i l ya wa r et h a t wh a t l i t t l er e l i g i o u se x p e r i e n c eIh a d , h a ds o me h o wb e e nma n u f a c t u r e db ymy s e l fa s Iwo r k e du p o nmyo wnf e e l i n g sa n di ma g i n a t i o n . So me t i me sas e n s eo fd e v o t i o nwa sa na e s t h e t i cr e s p o n s et ot h eb e a u t yo f t h eGr e g o r i a nc h a n t a n dt h el i t u r g y . Bu t n o t h i n gh a da c t u a l l yh a p p e n e dt omef r o mas o u r c eb e y o n dmy s e l f . In e v e rg l i mp s e d t h eGo dd e s c r i b e db yt h ep r o p h e t sa n dmy s t i c s . J e s u sCh r i s t , a b o u t wh o m wet a l k e df a rmo r et h a na b o u t' Go d' ,s e e me da p u r e l yh i s t o r i c a lf i g u r e ,i n e x t r i c a b l ye mb e d d e di nl a t ea n t i q u i t y .Ia l s ob e g a nt oh a v eg r a v ed o u b t sa b o u ts o meo ft h e 9