Article May 4, 1981 Issue

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How do we know God?

PATRICIA HOPKINS ROBINS

As a small child I attended Sunday School, though I had no thoughts about what religion I might want to adopt. I remember the question "Who is God?"—followed by an answer that didn't satisfy.

Years later I asked myself, "Is there a God and, if so, where and what is He?" Questions, but never answers that made sense to me. Life without God was meaningless—even desperate at times. Where could I find a God I could depend upon?

Then came the day I picked up a book that gave me these synonyms for God: Spirit, Mind, Truth, Principle, Soul, Life, and Love. I looked at the words and thought, "Well, this certainly makes sense to me!"

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