What is God?

Question

If you could break down your belief to it's very essence how would you describe God? How or when did God exist before "In the begining"

If the word God doesn't fit into you description how do you describe how life came into existance at all and what is life, how does matter exist?

Answer 1

The Whole, of which everything and everyone is a part. All gods are one because god/diety is actually within and part of all creation.

Answer 2

What is God and Who is God are two completely different Questions.

god is anything people put above or love more than our CREATOR.

GOD is Love. 1 John 4: 7,8

GOD is our Heavenly Father Luke 11:2 Ephesians 4:4,5,6

GOD is invisible Colossians 1:15 1 Timothy 1:17 Hebrews 11:27

God is Christ's Father John 3:16

I love God the Father , God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Christian in Pa.
Member of the Church of Christ

Answer 3

Great question.

My call on this one is that 'God' is a good idea that has out-lived its useful life.

In the ancient past God was very useful as a tool to both teach moral behaviors and explain the unexplainable while generally spreading a common and peaceful philosophy. It was a government of laws without boundary and it served to cause a collective societal consciousness. In the more recent past it began to decay and cause disquiet between people who had already learned the basic lessons that God had taught but who became entrenched in trivial details of slightly differing historic belief and the development of political systems with separate ideologies and agendas. Now it's become clear that the basics of what the God-idea had to offer has all but lost its original purpose as the result of some divisive additions and subtractions and interoperations made to suit the wearer; and in addition, the necessity of God's teaching no longer existed since modern society had gleaned away everything which was useful of it, bankrupting God; additionally, society had also superseded God's foundation with improved understanding through science and by the creation of orderly societal institutions of greater efficiency and political effectiveness. The God-idea, although once extremely necessary and useful had become obsolete and had gone to seed.

We are now faced with what to do with the remains of the God-idea. How can we let go of the concept of God with respect for what it has given in contribution to mankind's advancement but without feeling regret or guilt for having seen the reasonable necessity of no longer needing God's help?

Like an important historic instrument of a past human social achievement or a hallmark industrial development, God (the idea of God) now needs a place to be honored for his contribution to society. Like a museum piece of significant past value, God needs his special gilded display case.

So... what is God? God is a great idea of the past and a growing problem for the present and, without proper attention to finding a reasonable solution for finally honoring God's true achievements, God is an absolute threat to the future.

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Answer 4

Hmmm, except for the definition from the bible all the descriptions are pretty damned short and trivially dismissible (I don't need a creator, tyvm, I already exist). What can this god do...oh, you said God, yeah, that's a myth...that's like the one and only god, no, he does not exist. Pure twaddle. Nevermind.

Answer 5

whatever you want it to be. It's an abstract term with no set upon definition.


Here's webster's definition:

capitalized : the supreme or ultimate reality: as a : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe b Christian Science : the incorporeal divine Principle ruling over all as eternal Spirit : infinite Mind
2 : a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship; specifically : one controlling a particular aspect or part of reality
3 : a person or thing of supreme value
4 : a powerful ruler

Answer 6

Jesus in the gospel of John, holy bible, new testament, says that God is a Spirit.

Holy Bible describes God as being the creator of all that exist. It also describes him as the judge of all.

The holy bible tells us that God's face has not been seen by anyone.

Try cbn.com and look around, see if you get better answers.

Also try Internet evangelism and look around as well.

You can check out askMoses.com for questions like this too.

God bless you and be with you.

Answer 7

I could better tell you WHO is God. God is the entity who eternally exists beyond time and space and is the creator of all things visible and invisible.

Answer 8

allah(god) is the light everlasting. he is one and only. none is worthy of worship except him. he is unique and has many attributes such as, he is : the king, the kind, the merciful, the one and only, the maker, the creator, the sustainer, the fashioner, master of the day of judgement, the knower, all seeing, all hearing, etc.... he has 99 attributes, these are some of them. their is none like him. he is/has the answer to our questions. may he put faith in our hearts and guide us all to the right path.



edit: he was never born nor will he ever die. he was always there. he is eternal.

Answer 9

God is a mythological construct devised by man to explain occurances that were at the time or currently remain unexplainable, and proved useful in developing political and governmental systems as a tool for manipulation and control.

Answer 10

A Fantasy man that people created.

This fantasy man hates

Sex
Children
Freewill

This fantasy man is so insecure that if you even think of another fantasy man he'll torture you forever in fantasy fire!
However if you are good and condemn anyone not just like you and fly planes into buildings then this fantasy man will reward you with fantasy bliss forever. There you can roast marshmellows while watching all those that you condemned in life suffer endlessly. Isn't this just a wonderful fantasy?

NO WONDER CHRISTIANS ARE SICK!
THEIR GOD IS SICK!

Thank the Pink Monkey there is NO GOD!