Define God?

Question

The answer should be universally accepted. Show the proof of his existance

Answer 1

The uncaused first cause. The creator of the universe.

Answer 2

1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.

Answer 3

What you suggest cannot be done.
The first requirement cannot be met for there are potentially as many gods as their are people. The second cannot be met because there is no accepted definition for proof. If you don't accept what I have just said then history should tell you that an answer to your question is very likely impossible.

Still you question brings up a real need with a possible solution. We need a true generic word for god or we need to clean up the definition of the word god. Webster has a good definition but it centers around 'being' in practice.

For me the word god can be applied to Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Allah, mother earth, supreme being, supreme force, unified field theory, evolution, eternal spirit, etc., etc. On the other hand I do not consider Allah, Jesus, Jehovah, and many other names to be generic terms for god.

I could define God as eternal spirit but still another defines God as the totality of nature. To add force or intelligence to the definition may drift from a generic term. The word god demands , I think, the inclusion of concept, function and place. The dictionary definition in the average paper back does not touch upon much more than a being of sorts.
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My general and functional definition of the word "god" is simply: ***Any thing or idea that holds first place with an individual or group to the extent that it is elevated to the level of worship or social necessity. Please note here that worship has a direct relation to time in the determination of value.

As the Bible notes people can and do "make" their own Gods and some even have their own belly (stomach) for a God. In this day of great scientific achievement millions still worship the human body and/or its various parts or are simply engrossed with what they can do with their bodies and minds, from sports to sex to science, business and religion.

Having said the above here is another shot.

God: The idea of a supreme intelligence or power, separate or inclusive of humanity, which may or may not be acceptable or understood to or by more than one person. By definition, God cannot be proved to the satisfaction of anyone besides the holder of the original idea and his or her emotional clones.

Proof: A personal opinion, often said to be proved by science or religion, which when agreed to by another is considered a mark of superior intelligence; always near but not quite equal to ones own. 2. The ratio of alcohol in a bottle of spirits. 3. The ratio of ego to water in an intellectual snob.

Proof is not something you have, proof is what you are.

***God -- A word or semantic label for a variety of human concepts surrounding ideas such as first cause, unseen dimensions and superior powers, real or imagined.

**God -- A word used among various groups and individuals as a 'social pass word' for admittance. (This is part of a definition supported by an athiest in a book wirtten in the 1950s. Don't remember the author off hand.) It has merit.

Or how about: God -- The voice of eternal wisdom that speaks to Pat Robertson with predictions that are mostly disasterous and only wrong part of the time.

Answer 4

For your question to be answered, you have to answer other questions related to HOW YOU LOOK AT LIFE.

First, do you believe that you have a souL or YOU SHALL SIMPLY ROT after your heart stops beating?

Do you think there's nothing more into this life than things that you can hold like your keyboard?

Do you at least believe in Hell? in demons?... EVEN THEY THEMSELVES BELIEVE IN GOD..

No one can really ever define God.
He had created and designed YOU so that you shall not completely know Him -yet and so that you shall long for Him and know the REAL meaning of Love..

Yes, He DOES EXIST. He's not a fairy tale. If you want a proof, its already there within YOU. Look first inside you rather than searching endlessly outward unsatisfied. You'll only know Him if you understood. You want to know His real Name? You'll have it on your forehead once you got into His Kingdom with Him... Check on the book of Revelations..

If you might say I'm crazy, I'm not. I just simply understood more than you.. No, I'm not dreaming.. Neither a fanatical believer..
I am just an ordinary being who happened to experience God's Love in this messy world and trying to make you experience it too.

Answer 5

Well, unfortunately by asking to "show the proof of his existance", insinuates that you have already defined him as an individual male figure.

Answer 6

God: An invention by man used to control groups of people. Many people actually believe that this invention is true and have given it substance.

Proof: Bible, Quran, Torah and other works of fantasy.

Result: Apathy and an inability to accept responsiblility for the real world around them.

Answer 7

God is The Man in the center of the universe, whom is composed of living gravity and is unimaginably creative. The incredible knowledge it took to make you, is proof of His existence. It will cost you no extra energy to believe in him and secure your future, so don't embarrass your self in the end.

Answer 8

A concept that has changed over time from a concrete petty dictactor in the sky to the rather more nebulous 'first cause'. Some people though are stuck with the earliest definition.

Answer 9

The problem w/ definitions, is that it confines the thing you define. That's why the first rule of theology is to use as little definition as possible. God, while personal and knowable in one sense, is also beyond our comperhension. Like a 2d figure trying to imagine a 3d figure, we are limited in what we know, and in what we can know.

Ryan

Answer 10

Wakefullness