A very nice article, Matthew, I really like it.

My approach about God is probably best explained when I use it in context with science. In science, the word God does not exist; it is not a scientific word.

As such, we'll have to look for something else, such as energy. One can recognize similarities between God and energy. You describe this venue further more well.

But the question if God exists is then no longer based on God being real or not. It would then simply be based on the larger context in which the word is used. Again, you also describe this well. Yet it means that the outcome to the question is then 100% if we use the word, and 0% if we do not use the word. We cannot add both together and declare it 50%.

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I am very much interested in language and the word God is of course of a certain origin. For the original speakers this word had a very specific meaning.

Both English and Dutch use the word God, while it sounds differently. A word close in sound to the Dutch word God is -in translation- hole.

In English 'hole' and 'whole' are homonyms, and I started to look for situations in English where God and hole may be recognized.

I found get and haul.

With get, we are declaring an action that promises something that has not yet been collected yet.

With haul, we are declaring an action that promises to move something that has already been collected.

That is part one of the idea that there needs to be something incorporated in the word God from a linguistic perspective.

The distinction between get and haul shows us the difference between the promise of an action and the actual action.

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In Romance languages, the word for God is Dio, Dieu, or Dios.

I found the peculiar setup in Italian of 1, 2, 3 in solo, duo, terzo.

Humor me in pronouncing them as sun, God, and earth.

Solo means all by oneself, but it also means sun.

Duo is a word well understood, and closely resembles dio.

Terza is closely related to terra, earth.

In German, Die Erde is the earth. In Dutch 'derde' is third. And if one adds an apostrophe to the word as in d'erde then one can recognize how this idea may indeed be very old and widespread. Subsequently, many other ideas came around and the specific use is not recognized any longer.

The third and last part of this word guessing game is that Sun was then placed in first position as most important. Earth was then placed in third position; important to us but not the most important from the larger perspective.

The storyline to declare this as such, and explaining God in second position is that in the shade one does not feel the sun's heat, but in the sunshine one does feel the sun's heat.

As such, the word God would indicate something real but that can nevertheless not be seen, only experienced. It is not the sun and it is not earth; it is something in between.

I read somewhere else that the word God can also be linked to the word gut. One can recognize the same phenomenon here. We can feel the movement of food through the gut, but it is not seen.

Had to share that with you. Hope you like it. Thank you for your well delivered article.