Just to add to this discussion, I recently finished the Neil McCormick book, I Was Bono's Doppelganger. Throughout the book, Bono and McCormick, an avowed atheist, engage in a debate about the existence of God. Bono tries many times to explain his faith to his friend. Here is one such exchange:
" 'You have to trust your instincts,' he (Bono) said. 'You're a writer, Neil. It's like working on a hunch, using your imagination to try and see the real story underneath the surface. Do you know the story of Elijah going up to the cave where he has been told he will hear the voice of God? It's in the Bible. (1 Kings xviii)
Elijah gets to the cave and goes in but there's nothing there, so he waits and eventually he hears a roll of thunder. He thinks, "Ah, yes, the voice of God!" and goes to the entrance of the cave...But the thunder rolls again and he doesn't hear God. So he goes back in the cave and waits. Then he sees a bolt of lightning flash across the sky and he thinks, "Ah, of course, the voice of God". Goes back to the entrance of the cave and waits...But God says nothing. And he starts to think maybe he's been misled - maybe there is no God....Then a small puff of wind blows into the cave and he hears it, like a whisper, the voice of God...'
Bono paused for dramatic effect. 'I always liked the idea that God is in the small things. And when it gets too noisy and fucking crazy, and I'm running around like a madman, I have to quiet myself down to get in touch with God.' "
I don't know if this is Bono's "favourite" scripture, but I think it must come close. Not only did he name his first son Elijah, but the idea of finding God in the small things is beautifully expressed in the middle eight of Wake up Dead Man, the string of "Listen to's", that urge one to get past the din of everyday life and hear what really matters.