I guess that we’re all trying to understand God as we struggle through life trying to find the reason for our own existence. Or, better yet, we’re all trying to find if God exists and if so for what purpose.
Of course this entire quixotic journey is bound to result in either self delusion or futility and frustration. This is neither an intellectual nor an emotional journey, but rather one of experience. We experience our god through the way we live and in how we relate to our fellow creatures rather than finding this life force through words, logic or raw emotion.
As humans we can rationalize almost any position that our emotions and psychological predisposition lead us to. God in the sky on a cloud… If that works for you… fine. Seeing god in a slice of pizza… even that might yield great emotional or psychological satisfaction.
But to find the “authentic god “, all of the emotional and psychological constructs we make in our own minds must be accompanied by good works. To the extent that God or gods are anthropomorphic creations of our own minds, the best way to discover him or them is to live our lives the way our god(s) would have us do that (assuming that the Roman god Mars is not in the mix) Then in the end, if there is life after death we’ve touched the relevant bases. If not, we’ve lost nothing and experienced a good deal of satisfaction in life.
Sounds a lot like Blaise Pascal, doesn’t it?