What is God?

David: So what are you?

Chow: I don't know.

David: Do you have a religion?

Chow: I don't understand what do you mean by a religion.

David: Say... do you believe in God?

Chow: God? What is God?

David: Its a being higher than you. The highest being ever.

Chow: A being? Do you know what is a being?

David: Um...

Chow: And what makes a "being" higher or lower than other "beings"?

David: Good question... I don't really know.

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Chow: What is a "being"?

old man: A being is everything that ever is or ever will be. A being is what the bible would like to call "the alpha and omega" except there is no such thing as "alpha or omega". Everything IS. There is no start neither is there an end. A "being" connotes the present in contrast to "becoming". Everything is a "being". A human being is real, a human "becoming" is unreal.

Chow: What makes a "being" higher than another?

Old man: Nothing.

Chow: Then what is God?

Old man: I am. So are you. And everything else.

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David: I think I know what you are.

Chow: What am I?

David: You are an atheist!

Chow: What is an atheist?

David: One who disbelieves in the existence of God.

Chow: Then I am not an atheist.

David: Why?

Chow: In order to disbelieve its existence, you must first acknowledge there is such an existence. Otherwise, what is there to disbelieve in? I do not lie in any of your categories. I do not believe in your "God" simply because I can't think of anything higher or lower than me. In order to be an atheist, I have to believe there is a supreme being which is higher than me, which I can actively disbelieve in. But that link is missing to me. How can I be an atheist?

David: Then are you a theist?

Chow: Not at all. A theist acknowledges the existence of a supreme being and simply submits to it. A theist and an atheist both believe there is an existing supreme being, just that an atheist refuse to submit themselves while the theists do.

David: Then what are you?

Chow: Like I said, I don't know.