All religions are based on certain beliefs that cannot be proven.  We simply accept them as true.  Being beliefs, they are what separate the secular from the non-secular.  No amount of empiricism will ever prove there is a God or that God created the universe.
  
The following three beliefs provide the bedrock upon which God-centered religions are built, and provide the matrix for the holism of Christianity.  It is upon this bedrock that the foundations of a Pre-Creation Theology and a Loving-god Theology are built, with both providing the structure for the oneness of all God-centered religions.

Three  Fundamental  beliefs  —  

• God exists. 
• There is only one God.  
• God is eternal.

These three statements cannot be proven by any empirical means but exist solely as beliefs. 

Expansion of fundamental beliefs   — 

God exists.
God's existence and presence are not dependent upon those who conceive of It.  God is, exists, and is universally present whether people think of God as existing or not, as it is explained here.  God does not exist solely because people think of God.

Centuries ago several philosophers came to a conclusion that if people thought of God, God could exist, and that if they did not think of God, then God would not exist.  Both statements are silly because if that were the case, then the universe could not have come into existence until after God was thought of.  So, we say God's existence and presence are not dependent upon those who conceive of It.

God is without gender.    
Since God is *eternal and there is only one God, God was not brought into existence by any other power or being. God has no gender or reproductive system, either to produce or create other beings or as a remnant of Its existence. God, therefore, is neither "he" nor "she," but more accurately an "it," an "it'' that more perfectly combines the attributes of father and mother without the biological and social hassles of hormones and sex organs. In the text, using "He," "Him," and "His" are used only when they involve Jesus’ relationship to God; and when the discussion involves the Apostle Paul. The male gender pronouns are metaphors that Jesus used intentionally so that we could understand our personal relationship with our Creator-parent.

* Eternal means without beginning or end. It is outside the dimension of time.  Infinite, on the other hand, means a beginning with no ending and is time-dependent.

God is without form.
Because God was not created and did not evolve, God does not have a body.  God is without form.  Just as we have will, so does God.  Our will has energy that emanates from within us, yet it is without form. Many aspects of ourselves exist without form, yet we know with certainty they exist.  God is a fully developed being and has no need of form in the physical sense, but exists as a spiritual being. In order to create the universe, God must be pure will and without form.
  
God is spirit.
No form, no substance, God is just spirit as far as we can understand what spirit is from our limited perspective.  God is spirit that has will and is capable of creation and much more.  Without form, God can will to be anywhere as a whole or a fragment.  (It is beyond the scope of this text to discuss whether material matter is God manifested in material form, or whether God is "in" matter.)

God existed before creation.
We can say this as a fact, dependent upon the third original statement of belief, ''God is eternal.”  Before creation, God existed in the Eternal NOW, when there was no "when," where there was no "where."  God existed in the nothingness that was only God — all undeveloped potential — that leads us to a very ponderable situation.  When we think of a state of existence before creation, we must realize that there was NOTHING. Nothing, except God.

It boggles the mind, doesn't it, to think that before time there was absolutely nothing:  no universes, no galaxies, no stars, no sun, no planets, no moon, and no air.  Nothing, not even time or space.  There was no expanse of the universe.  No then, no now, no future. No place, no here, no there.  Only God.  Only God in the Eternal NOW, in the Eternal HERE.  All the potential of the universe existed in God — the totality of all potential that would be material and invisible, temporal and spiritual, existent and undeveloped potential.

God created the universe.
We need not worry whether it was created by fiat in 6 days or by evolution over the eons.  It does not seem relevant to know whether God created the universe in 6 billionths of a second, 6 days, or 60 billion years. Creation of the universe is not a closed-end event, but continues on and is a timeless phenomenon. 

From our first statement of belief, “God exists,” and from our observation of the universe around us, we draw the belief-conclusion that God created the universe.  That is, we believe in God.  We believe the universe exists. We believe God created all of it, including all the spiritual beings on all spiritual planes; all physical and material aspects known and unknown to us; and all other aspects of the four dimensions and all other dimensions known and unknown to us.
  
God is pure will.
The universe is an expression of God, an expression of God's will.  Looking out upon the universe, what we see is an impressive, grand, and generous experience.  Looking upon the universe in this world, whether we see clouds, flowers, or personalities, is also a generous experience.  Looking within DNA molecules, again viewing what little we can, and understanding even less, we are overwhelmed by the care and thoughtfulness of these creations and developments of the original creation.  These narrow views are but small fragments of the magnificent and thoughtful expressions of the nature of God.  If we could view all dimensions of time and all the facets of physical and spiritual creation at once, how would we feel?  Surely, we would be filled with awe and great humility to be a part of this creation.

We are extensions of God's power when we will to create.  Here, at this juncture of our existence, we come face to face with the spiritual responsibilities of our will to create:  to treat, care, and nurture God's manifold creation, including our planet, Earth, as well as we care and nurture the products of our own creation, whether a painting, a garden, a child, a house design, or a poem.  Doing so, we create sacred relationships with all else around us, whether with our planet Earth or with other people.  Our attitude is the same for both. We are in awe of what is created; we feel immensely humble in comparison to what God has created; and we are immensely humble for being able to create, and for what we have created.

Our will to create is an exact image of God's will to create with the same proportional capability of being a creator.  The implications of this statement are truly profound as they apply to our sacred relationship to this planet and each individual on it.  That potential capability exists within each of us.  We can more fully unlock that potential when our beliefs about God are in full alignment with God's true nature. Then we can see God's true nature in us — our true nature!

In the moments just prior to creating something, what existed before we willed to create?  Nothing.  By examining the non-event before creation we can gain a better idea of what God's situation was like before God willed the universe into existence.

How can anyone explain how the universe came into existence?  Probably the best we can do is draw a parallel between God willing the creation of the universe into existence and us willing one of our thoughts into existence.  There exist no equivalents to measure the energy that was necessary to bring the universe into existence, or the energy to will the creation of one of our thoughts.  To think is the easiest and most effortless act of creativity, and I suspect that God created the universe as easily as having a thought.  This parallel provides us with a fairly accurate estimate of the relative difference of magnitude between our power and authority, and God's.  As we explore the idea of an unlimited, all-powerful, eternal, all-knowing being, The Creator and sustainer of the Grand Universe, the more interesting and complete our concepts and understanding of God will become.  Remember, God was and is in sacred relationship with Itself, and extends that relationship to the universe and all its inhabitants.

God created time.
When God created the universe, the four dimensions were created. This is the starting point of chronology, sequences of events, developmental initiations, and the infinite perspective.  We say, "in the beginning" and this is when time began.

Since God created the temporal dimension of time, God existed before time.  Having created time, God can function within, or outside, the dimension of time and the universe.  The Creator's usual habitat is outside the dimension of time, since time is limiting and linear. Since God exists in eternity, a place with no time, with no past or future, God's presence exists in the Eternal NOW.

God is present everywhere.
That is, God can be in one location, or two, or the extent of all creation at once. God is everywhere God wills to be.  God, being in the Eternal NOW, can be anywhere or everywhere at once.  Because God lives in the Eternal NOW outside of time, God can be present anywhere.  If it doesn't take any time to go anywhere,  the Creator can be everywhere at once!

God is all-knowing.
God encompasses the sum of all existent knowledge.  Being in the Eternal NOW of the past, present, and future, and able to be everywhere at once, God is aware of all.  God knows everything.  Being outside the continuum of time, God knows everything whether in time or out of time, in space or out of space, temporal or spiritual.  God created the universe and understands and knows the universe, its existence, and its operation. God knows all there is to know of the existent universe.

God is all-powerful.
From God The Creator, all was created.  All energy before creation was contained in the Creator's being, and God's power was not diminished one erg by bringing creation into existence.  (An erg is far less energy than is required to snap your finger and thumb together.)  Just as one thought, or the effort to will a thought, does not diminish our power and energy, God's power and energy was not diminished by the act of Creation or any later acts of will.

Though the physical universe is the most immediate and immense manifestation of energy visibly evident to us, physical objects are only a small portion of the total sum of energy that exists in the universe.  There exist many forms of non-visible energy that we have no way of measuring.  Astrophysicists tell us there are vast cubic light years of tenuous clouds of nearly invisible hydrogen.  How many subatomic particles are there in the universe?  And how many galaxies would they make?  Very possibly, there are whole galaxies of invisible forms of energy.  It is apparent that energy is everywhere and fills all of what we call "empty" space.

And God created it all!  That was and is the most powerful act ever.  It follows, then, that God is all-powerful, and can do anything God wills to do that is consistent with Its nature.  We do not know of any limit to God's capability, except as God wills to limit Itself.  We can say, therefore, that God is all-powerful and without limit as to what God can do.

Just as an architect and contractor can conceive of and build a home or subdivision, those acts of construction do not diminish their creative potential.  Architects can still conceive of many more homes and subdivisions.  As humans, the only limitation to what we can bring into being is whether we have the resources and time to build what we conceive.  If we had the unlimited resources and unlimited time, as God has, and an infinite expanse of three-dimensional space, we too could build houses until we died.  But God, who exists outside the dimension of time, has no such limitation. God's only limitation is that which God places upon Its will.  God is therefore unlimited in power.

God is whole.
The universe is a form of God's expression, yet God is complete without the universe.  Creating the universe did not take anything from God.  Just as thinking does not take anything from us, will and creation do not take anything from God.  God was whole before creation and is even now whole.  God is intact and undivided.  God is not in need of anything to be or become whole.

God is complete.
That is, God is not in need of anything, anyone, or any state of being to sustain Its existence.  There is no symbiotic relationship between God and that which God created for God to be complete.  Further, God is not flawed and has no need to prey upon that which God brought into existence.  God is self-sustaining in sole existence.

God is perfect.
We know this is so from several perspectives.  God exists in eternity.  If God were not perfect, God would be imperfect, flawed, and susceptible to degeneration and eventual death.  God would not exist.  The universe would not exist.

Implicit in the statement, "God is eternal," is that God is perfect.  Though the three statements, "God is whole," "God is complete," and "God is perfect," are closely related, the first two were presented first to lead our logic to the point where we understand that God is perfect, too.  All have their proofs within our original three statements of belief.

Further, we logically know that since God exists in eternity, outside time, God would be aware of the beginning of the universe and any possible "endings" of it.  Knowing this, God would have been aware of any flaws before they began and would have eliminated any flawed processes. Time-bound creatures do not have this eternal advantage to know and feel with assurance that there are no flaws in the function of the universe.

Human observations of the universe are very limited and our recorded history of it is very, very brief.  However, because the universe is so huge and so old, if there were any mechanical or physical flaws inherent in its design, they would have developed over the eons and be in evidence around us.
 
Rather than chaos, we see order in the universe.  And it is lasting and selfperpetuating in its unfolding.  What we see is benevolent, humane, and even magnanimous when we appreciate the abundance around us. It is divine! There is beauty in the appearance of a confusion of evidence. Picture a colorful butterfly in the warm sun — iridescent segments on the wings of a creature that appears to float effortlessly in the air and on the tides of breezes — spectacular, incredibly beautiful, and good.

The terms "good" and "beauty" are our interpretations and conclusions of what we see in the universe.  That is, we see the universe and how it operates, and perceive it as a "good" place to live, with "beautiful" experiences around us.  If the universe were not this way, we would as easily say that the universe is cruel and ugly.  We interpret possesses that are self-sustaining, self-perpetuating, and benevolent as "good."  Processes such as these, which continue into infinity or which originate in eternity, must, then, be perfect.  If God were not perfect, the universe would exhibit that imperfection and it would pervade all creation.

The universe is the canvas of God's artwork.  We know the ability and depth of an artist by what he or she produces, yet we do not know what unfathomed and unproduced works yet lie within that artist's creativity.  So, too, with God, as far as we can see of the universe.  It is beautiful.  It works.  It is without evidence of inherent self-defeating flaws.  This is the outward evidence of God.  It is the outward evidence of what God is capable.  Yet, the universe does not express all the capability of God's potential.

With God's unlimited power, existence outside the confines of time, and an unlimited creative potential, The Creator appears to have only begun to express Itself!