I don’t know if you were looking for counter arguments when you wrote the blog, but in response to your “friend” who “values your not pushing your religious views on others,” I’ll share mine. The farther I get from God the less sense my life makes. The less any of it matters. I literally begin living to die. I fail to value others as well. I fail to value myself as well, nor the brief miracles of the day that otherwise go missed.

We all have our own experience in life, I guess. I think looking to God is a great idea! He becomes the glue for all things good and gives substance to structure. You never need to be ashamed of that!