Life Without Religion?

I just read a little something on Facebook about people being perfectly happy living without religion in their lives.

The first thought that popped into my head was "Well now, I guess it all depends on how you define 'religion', doesn't it?"

The second thought was "Just because they don't practice YOUR religion doesn't mean they aren't spiritual in the way they choose to live their lives."

It's my opinion that nobody can truly live their lives without God being a part of the whole.

God is the Creator.  God imbues the entire world with a Holy Presence, not?

Yes.

And so, those who don't actively follow any given 'religion' are still living their lives in the presence of God; if they say otherwise, their words are hollow and without meaning - if any say OF them that they are living outside of the presence of God, their words are just as hollow and a betrayal of the very Faith they claim to adhere to.

NONE of us live without God.

Life without organized religion, that's a different story.

A person can easily enough reject organized religion without rejecting God in the least little bit.  Even those who do 'reject' God cannot deny that there IS a God.

An atheist can say, 'There is no God.'
And I would ask that person, 'There is no WHAT?'
 'No God.'
 'Ah, I see.  You realize, don't you, that the very act of denying something is an acknowledgement of its existence?'
'No, it's not.'
'It is.  I could say to those around us, this person standing before me does not exist.
'They would look at me in astonishment because to them you are obviously an existing being.
'Someone would be certain to say to me, "How can you deny what you acknowledge by your own words - this person standing before me - to be real?"
'No matter how many times I say that you do not exist, still you DO exist.'
'That's different.'
'It is the same.  Were an entire nation unaware of your existence, and I were to flood that nation with notices that you do NOT exist, suddenly to them you WOULD exist because they would be aware of you and wonder why I am making such a fuss about denying your existence.  Would you have to go to that nation to prove your existence?  No.  They already believe that you exist, by the very act of my denial.'

Now there's some logic for you.

Faith is not a negotiable concept.

It lives in the souls of mankind.

It cannot be extirpated.