Phat writes:
So in answer to your question, loving thy neighbor is allowing the "external Spook" to flow through you unto others.
Unfortunately, reality doesn't seem to confirm your opinion. Those who believe in gods are the ones who spout pious platitudes and human-generated dogma. The ones who actually
show that loving spirit flowing out from them are just as likely to be unbelievers.
I would say, on the contrary, that gods are not capable of love. Love requires empathy and gods are no more likely to have empathy for you than you are to have empathy for a tapeworm.