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Define "God"

निताइ dasa

निताइ dasa

Nitai's servant's servant
Hinduism's God (Brahman) has 2 main functional characteristics:

The highest embodiment of eternity(Sat), consciousness(Cit) and bliss(Ananda) and the causeless cause (or source-less source)(janmadi asyayato)
 
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URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
9-10ths_Penguin said:
"God" is the name that some theists use for the god or gods that they primarily worship.
That's it as far as a common definition, AFAICT. However, every specific God has attributes and qualities for its own specific definition.
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However, God is Not a name, God is a title as Lord is a title, and Not a personal name. Scripture says there are many gods - 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Philippians 3:19
The pagan gods are named in Scripture such as Baal.
God's name is represented by the Tetragrammaton YHWH.
KJV at Psalms 110:1 mentions two (2) LORD/Lords.
The Lord in some lower-case letters stand for the Lord Jesus.
The LORD in all upper-case letters is where the Tetragrammaton stands.
So, KJV substituted LORD for God's name: YHWH
 
Kueid

Kueid

Avant-garde
Wow! A lot of superb definitions. I like the shape this is getting. Please, don't stop the flow!
 
Gambit

Gambit

Well-Known Member
The following is the classical definition:

"God is that being of whom no greater can be conceived." - St. Anselm
 
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NewChapter

GiveMeATicketToWork
Kueid said:
In my brief existence (what is that?) in the RF I've seen a lot of different uses of the term "God" by the users. Some people assume that others have the same definition, others believe that the word have a unique meaning shared by everyone (you can call it a meta meaning for understands sake), others believe just the opposite of that. Sometimes (a lot of times?) those interpretations aren't true.

Some of you already have realized my obsession with meaning. Sooooo... I liked to get some of that meaning out of you guys and girls and ask this: Define "God"!

Rules:
1. Please don't derail the thread, this is not a debate.
2. Answer the question twitter style (if possible).
3. ????
4. If you don't have a definition write your best guess (of what you think is your definition).
5. Don't ask about rule number 3.
6. If your definition is already here, like it.

Obs: My best guess for what's my definition of the word is "everything".

NOTE:
For clarification. Your definition of the word is independent of what I think of the word or anyone think of the word. When you read the word, independent of context, what comes to your mind? That's the "real question", I think.

Thanks for @Quintessence for this note.
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Don't know if this has already been said, but the God of Abraham is Love.
 
9-10ths_Penguin

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
URAVIP2ME said:
However, God is Not a name, God is a title as Lord is a title, and Not a personal name. Scripture says there are many gods - 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Philippians 3:19
The pagan gods are named in Scripture such as Baal.
God's name is represented by the Tetragrammaton YHWH.
KJV at Psalms 110:1 mentions two (2) LORD/Lords.
The Lord in some lower-case letters stand for the Lord Jesus.
The LORD in all upper-case letters is where the Tetragrammaton stands.
So, KJV substituted LORD for God's name: YHWH
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If you don't use "God" as the name for your god, then you aren't part of the "some theists" I was referring to.
 
savagewind

savagewind

Veteran Member
Premium Member
URAVIP2ME said:
Abraham is God's friend forever - Isaiah 41:8

James gave us a clue as to how we can be God's friend -> James 2:23; James 4:4
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But what does "friend of the world" really mean?
Going out in the world to find converts to your religion so they might be saved is friendly.
When a person is converted to a certain faith but is not steadfast in it and remains "of the world" though in your gathering for Jesus, you are required to treat him as a brother, thus, you are "being a friend of the world". You are giving evil people a safe haven. That is not keeping one's self from the world.
Doing so makes you God's enemy. Just like you say.
 
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Valjean

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
A sentient, superhumanly powerful, ordinarily imperceptible entity, capable of magically controlling or altering events, natural law and human affairs.
 
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