In the beginning, there was the word

This is the start of my new blog, Spirit Seeker.  I chose the "GodlyAtheist" as my URL because I enjoy the paradoxical nature of it.  In some ways, the title describes the paradox contained within my own mind.  I have considered myself an atheist (non-believer of a god) for most of my adult life.  Given the choice, I prefer to go with scientific explanations rather than anecdotal stories or ancient tomes.  The godly part of my brain focuses on two areas.  The first part is based on questions that I have about Christianity that relate back to my Catholic upbringing and understanding the Christian perspective of my friends and others around the world.  In some ways I "get it" and other ways I feel like I don't have a clue.  The second part of my godly focus is a current experiment that I'm doing with praying to a god.  I begin the word god with a lower-case 'G' because I can't tell you which god that I'm praying to.  It's not a Christian or Jewish or Muslim or pagan god.  It's not necessarily a female or male or animal or even a force.  When I say praying, I refer more to having a sort of conversation in my head.  It's a one way conversation because I don't hear any responses.  What I can say is that I've been through some huge changes in my life and I'd like some comfort. Praying provides me with a touch of that.

My goal with this blog is to further explore my search for spirit, define the soul, explain what god means to me, and to reconcile my competing views of the scientific world of ideas and things and the spiritual world.  I like big questions.

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