text: if a "holy book" did not exist, what do you think you would believe about "god," and? with what reason/s would you support your belief/s?  please tell us where you've lived most of your life (state, province, country). if it didnt exist i probably wouldnt think much of 'spirituality' at all. my belief in god did not stem from any written word. rather, it is in the existence of mathematics that got me started on my 'quest' for answers. for something as common as 'photosynthesis', a truly remarkable process takes place. a process that has already been calculated. so who put this equation in place for us to find. i believe god did. the construction of the earth, the solar system, the human body, birth are a few of a never ending list of events that are precalculated. god is a mathematician to the 'nth' degree. as for me i currently reside in brazil, in., but born and raised in california.