'God' that you refer to when you either accept or reject its existence. In other words:
- If you are a Christian, this might be the "God of the Bible, as depicted in the OT and NT".
- If you are an atheist, you may reject the concept of God entirely but you have some notion of what hypothetical being you are rejecting.
- If you are a deist, you may have a concept of "God" that is a creator; what are its characteristics?
What is the definition of the word "God" that you use when you either accept or reject its existence?
2007-10-17 07:43:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you limit God by anything, you as a subject, can define, can not be God, but an idol of your own imagination, because it is of your comprehension, and not God's... God defines us, we do not define God.
The Holy Prophets, Manifestations of God help us to know God by examples we can understand, but it's still only educating us about the image of God we reflect, "Man in the image and likeness of God" and not God itself. "No one knows the Father, but the Son has shown Him to him." -Jesus
I'm Baha'i
God bless.
2007-10-17 08:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Gravitar or not... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a english word that came about through many different translations. God, as stated in the Bible, never called Himself "God". He referred to Himself as YHWH, or Jehovah Jirah, Jehovah Rapha, El Ohim, El Shaddai, etc. His description is His name. Jehovah Jirah (God the Provider). We get the words God, Lord, Jesus, simply because of translations from the Hebrew and Greek, translated through Latin, and translated again into English.
2007-10-17 09:09:56 · answer #2 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you use a capital "G", you are speaking specifically of the Christian god whose name was translated as "God" years ago.
The definition of god that I understand is that of a being that possesses powers beyond the physical laws.
2007-10-17 07:53:53 · answer #3 · answered by diaboloist99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I see 'God' as a man made invention to explain our existence as we are unable to perceive either the beginning or the end of time in the same way that we cannot imagine the end of space. The very words 'God' and 'Devil' are corruptions of 'good' and 'evil' and thus the figures thereby created are the embodiment of those qualities, god being infinite good and devil being infinite evil. There are no actual beings in existence that are 'God' or 'The devil', just our own invented creations.
2007-10-17 07:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A god is a member of a species that is non-terrestrial in origin and possesses sufficiently advanced technology so as to appear to do things that violate "laws" of physics and energy.
2007-10-17 07:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God: Creator of humankind and universe
2007-10-17 07:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by bunnygrl43 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
god is a being that is at the very least close to omnipotence as possible
2007-10-17 07:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by cpt.carrotironfoundersson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋