How can you find something for which you have no definition? What test do you perform to determine whether or not you've found what you're looking for? You can't. Your 'purpose' is a gobbledegook. The Bible provides ample description of what God is, and where He lives. If I were to describe Him in a few simple words I'd say "God is He who is Exceedingly Splendid." To find Him, you have only to clasp your hands in prayer. If you don't put your hands together, it doesn't work, because they act as a spiritual beacon for God's message. The Holy Ghost must be a form of radiation, since radiation is the only means of transmitting energy (and hence information) from Heaven, through the vacuum of Space, and down onto planet Earth.

Ask yourself, why Gold? Why not Tungsten, Cobalt, or Zinc? Are they not worthy metals, too? The fact is that Gold has a special place in the corridors of power -- is it merely coincidence that its Atomic Number is prime? In and of itself, Gold has a singular beauty that could only have come about through spiritual polishing; no amount of heat, pressure, soil erosion, or seismic activity could forge such perfection. And yet you continue to doubt its divine Splendour, in spite of the evidence I've laid before you, and in spite of the fact that the holy girdle could have been made of Rubidium. God chose Gold. I suggest you do the same.

As a symbol for God, gold is a good one. But to equate the maker with the made doesn't quite work for me.

"The Splendour Of Gold Argument:" God and Gold are splendid because we see them that way but gold can lose it's splender and still be gold. Maybe god spoke us into being so that someday we might return the favor. Before us God would have existed without any objective definition. So maybe what our purpose is, is to find God and define God.

You have only pointed out a symbol of gold in the Judeo-Christian faith, of which there are many. That’s different from equating the splendor of gold to the splendor of God, as you asserted before.

I don't exactly consider myself a follower of the Summum 'philosophy'. I just think they might have been on to something with their creation theory. Some of things they come up with after that get a little absurd. I think nothingness is still governed by some law. That you can create nothingness by uniting matter with anti-matter and that matter comes from the potential of "something" somehow getting an edge over the potential of "nothing". Jesus may have been aware of the Summum philosophy. He certainly spent some time in Egypt.

The word is typically used with reference to concrete that endures sub-zero tempratures. It can also refer to concrete floors that are disintegrating through the accumulation of lime or due to the movement of heavy loads across them. In the case of freezing, water near the surface of the concrete freezes, expands, and shatters bits of the surface. Spalling also occurs with brick, but regardless of temperature. Bits of brick flake off, and sometimes rework an entire face. On older walls the entire surface develops a rough but pleasing character. If you live in a freezing climate, take a close look at the surface of a concrete steps or retaining walls, particularly those with smooth-formed surfaces. Bits of edges that look like they've been knocked off are likely spalls.

1. Gap in your vocabulary. 2. It's just a way of looking at a wall.

I want my poems to be at least pronouncable

How right you are. Christopher McReeves used to be larger than life. A precocious talent with an enviable acting career, his portfolio boasted an infinitely diverse golliwog of roles, ranging from Superman I to Superman IV. He had it all in the palm of his hand. And for that he was punished by being flung head first into a fence post.

"And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle." Revelations 1:12-13 The element Gold, Au, Atomic Number 79, is intimately linked with the Divine. Just read Revelations to get at least some idea of what The Splendour Of Gold actually means before questioning my position. I suppose you think gold became Splendid on its own? Is that what YOU believe?

No really, You said in effect that gold is as splended as God. Is that your faith? Is that what you believe?

Yeah what's that meant to prove? That you're ignorant? That you can't tolerate other faiths? That you're jealous and frustrated because you're too bland to come up with an ethos of your own, yet too proud accept someone else's? Get a life.

(Gold = God) -> Tripe.

You're missing her in white cotton panties if that's how you remember her. The moment is different now, lonlier, and that makes the event different. Some say it's the same event painted lonely, but I'd write it as an actual change in history.

I used to be a follower of the Summum 'philosophy', until I realised it was complete tripe. Then I discovered The Splendour Of Gold Argument: How can Gold be so Splendid, if there weren't an equally Splendid Being to make it so Splendid? That Being must be God. I've yet to find a flaw in it; faith has become a very important part of my everyday life.