Do you wish God was real?

[Iroscato]

So this thread seems to have handily gone off into a tangent, but nevertheless I will try and explain my answer of 'other'.

The main reason I answered Other is easily summed up; I do not care either way. I don't think there is the slightest amount of evidence for a higher power of any kind that can easily be explained by natural processes or things that require far fewer logic leaps, but even if there was evidence that pointed to the existence of a god, I most likely still wouldn't be that bothered. Much as I can bring myself to be only mildly interested in politics at the best of times, I care little for the affairs of the powerful and their lofty plans.

What I do care about is people. My friends. My family. The people I would kill for, and die for in the same day. The people who have made my life worth living and have given me endless amounts of joy, and the occasional amount of pain. The ones who have populated my existence often with their mere background presence, which has been enough to make even my worst days feel in some way manageable. I have never needed a god to believe in, or to fight in the name of. I have only ever needed the company and encouragement of others, and it's allowed me to live a life worth living - the most precious gift of all.

If there is a higher power of any kind, it has never made its presence known in my life. Religion has been of no use or comfort to me - there was no reply from Jesus when I begged him through tears to save me, every single day of my childhood. The only thing I've ever seen worth living for has been this tangible, real, strangely beautiful experience we call life, and the people around you who experience it with you.