My religious views were shaped long ago in in the writings of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677).

He believed that God existed in only a philosophical sense and did not control or interact in any way with human destiny. Born Jewish, he was excommunicated for his views over four centuries ago.

He once said that if a table were sentient, it would maintain that God was a great table.

Spinoza is considered one of the great philosophers of all time. Though mainly scholars are aware of his writings today.

I do not believe in an afterlife. We are limited to the mark we make during our lives and the memory s we leave, there is no heaven nor hell. We create our own in how we live our lives. What you are born does not matter, how you die does not matter what you do between those events matters.