...there is no God?

When I was young and in the shelter of my parents' home, I believed in an all powerful, all knowing, and all loving God. Now, as I have grown up, moved out, and seen the world for what it really is, I don't think I believe in the same God anymore. The God I know now is distant, tired, and, ostensibly, far removed from the struggles of humanity. He may see the poor and oppressed, but instead of doing something himself, he asks me, someone far less capable, to work in his stead.

I have no doubt that countless people have walked this path before me, countless people are walking it now, and countless people will walk it the future. To all those people, I implore you to neither simply accept your inherited religion, nor to throw it away; I implore you to earnestly seek truth, whether it be one Truth or manytruths.

In a paragraph addressed to Christians, Francis Schaeffer summarizes the need for truth seeking from the Christian perspective:
"In (the) face of this modern nihilism . . . Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the outward forms whatever happens, even if God really is not there. But the opposite ought to be true of us, so that people can see that we demand the truth of what is there and that we are not dealing merely with platitudes. In other words, it should be understood that we take this question of truth and personality so seriously that if God were not there, we would be among the first to have the courage to step out of the queue." (The God Who is There, Francis A Schaeffer)

What if there is no God? My suggestion would be to live as such . . .