A Little Bit of 'Liturgy' Stuck in My Head---'Thinking about It' Makes Me Seem 'Atheist'

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I'm not atheist, but I don't think that G-d's some CEO in 'a skyscraper in a cloud.' But I've always been under the impression that that's what people imagine they're praying-to when they pray---like they're sending begging-notes to "The MainLine" for G-d to hear and answer if G-d's feeling generous. I need to remember that they're really praying (whether they know it or not) to the Holy Spirit---and--if they have to imagine that that is 'Anthony Hopkins as Zeus in Valhalla' or 'Hank Williams Jr. in the clouds' or 'Santa Claus' or 'Baby Jesus in a Manger'--the Holy Spirit knows and understands. But--if I don't remember that, and I get into some argument about 'the Scriptural proof'--I think about a scripture (actually, it's Roman Catholic "liturgy" (prayer all RC churches recite during mass); but it's inspired by Daniel 3:57-63 and by Psalm 148) that says "all creation rightly gives you (Father God) praise." http://www.vofoundation.org/blog/creation-rightly-gives-praise-lens-glimpse-cosmic-liturgy/ And I wonder 'All creation, huh? Even stars that we see even though they're so far away that their light couldn't even have gotten here unless it existed millions-of-years before "the beginning"?' Maybe we ought to extend the Doubting Thomas moral---changing it from "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet believe," to 'Blessed are they who have disproven everything else, and yet believe that they are saved by Our Father's grace"