We abandon religious beliefs, but we cling to religious logic.

[Lordquinton]

12. God describes something completely imaginary

and if you ask in the other room, the only true defining charistic is that he can't be defined.

A country is something very real.

Let's start on something a little smaller, like my office. There is a small cramped, stuffy room that is clearly defined by 4 walls and a door. It is known as my office (Or to other people, LQ's office), it's simply a common name we all use to differentiate it from other areas around.

The city is Concord, something that was agreed upon over time to describe everything in a certain area, it encompases many parks and houses, and buisness and offices that all have their own defined spaces and areas. It wasn't always called Concord, it was once called Todos Santos, and at one point was almost called Drunken Indian.

It is in Contra Costa County, which is a greater area that encompases many cities, that all have many buildings, houses, and offices all with their own name.

It's in California, which contains several counties, each with many cities, that all contain multitudes of houses, parks and offices, each with their own unique name and descriptor.

California is in the Country of the United States of America, which contains about 50 states, all with many counties, which all have many cities, that all have lots of buildings, hoses and offices.

the USA (for short) is on the continent of North America, which is what we designate for a defined landmass, that contains several countries, each with several states, that all have several counties, that all contain several cities, that all have a bunch of buildings, parks,. houses and offices.

The continent is on something we call a planet, which is a body of mass orbiting what we call a sun.

These are all real things that you can touch, see and visit (Well, maybe not visit the sun, but you can see it... just don't look at it) we give them all different names and divisions tso we can track them better and so there is less confusion. They are all clearly defined and all meet certain, if somewhat arbitrary, conditions.