speaking the truth

She hasn't lied, it's pointed out; she _invented_ the ritual to serve the purpose at hand.

You got it babe! This is exactly what we were talking about this afternoon. Do what works for you, believe it works, and it will.

And I agree that there is no problem with "made-up" gods--even the "serious" ones. But then, in my belief system (once again, creating what works for you) ALL gods are what we believe them to be--The divine is a many faceted diamond--we look at the face we need to see at that time, and call it by the name that is comfortable to us, that represents the aspects that we need to interact with--but it all is the same thing :)

Ralph Waldo Emerson summed up my philosophy of life and living better than anyone else "I become a transparent eyeball-I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me-I am part or particle of God."