Quift posted:

This is a brilliant post. I will follow with my own argument for the existence of God. Me being a life long atheist.

Let us use an example.
As humans we are something bigger taken together than we are as individuals. We exist on a bigger level than ourselves. This has many different meanings. One of the most common meanings is that of the nation. We are all part of a nation.

The nation exists as a series in institutions that we carry through. It can only exist if we exist within it.

Bigger than the nation are the civilizations, which are bigger and older than the nations, whom in turn are bigger and more fluent than the states.

And on top of this you might have the collective consciousness of humanity. Let us call that God.

Did this god create the universein seven days? Of course not. A child would understand that. However this global consciousness has created and continually create how we as humans perceive the universe. In this interpretation god does indeed create our perception o of the universe.

How come? Because of the nature of God. God is all knowing, meaning that god is the sum of our collective knowledge. One of the principal ways that God work is through education and science.

Does this entity have a will of its own? No idea. Do you?