The Best Definition of God

[richardlowellt]

My definition.... He is My Father and Savior ( Father Son and Holy Spirit ).... In Genesis (book of the Bible) It is said that Enoch walked with God ..... the most amazing thing I ever read!!!

My definition---He/she/it, is a non existent mythological being who only exists in the minds of those who believe i such mythologies.

 

[Cool man]

i have checked it’s really great

 

[The Neo Nerd]

I think the best description of god came from a movie called 'The Island'.

Lincoln Six-Echo: What's "God"?
McCord: Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

 

[DadBurnett]

I'd like to put a different spin on the original question ...
For those who believe in God, is there a universally acceptable definition of what God is?
If not, is there any "common ground" we can all agree on?

 

[Madhuri]

I'd like to put a different spin on the original question ...
For those who believe in God, is there a universally acceptable definition of what God is?
If not, is there any "common ground" we can all agree on?

I don't know if anybody would disagree with the concept that God refers to that being from which all existance has manifest.

 

[DadBurnett]

I don't know if anybody would disagree with the concept that God refers to that being from which all existance has manifest.

Thank you for your insightful answer. I tend to agree but I stumble a bit over the word "being" not knowing if it refers to an entity, a presence, or perhaps to the simple fact of existence. I'd like to know your perspective.
Namaste'

 

[Madhuri]

Thank you for your insightful answer. I tend to agree but I stumble a bit over the word "being" not knowing if it refers to an entity, a presence, or perhaps to the simple fact of existence. I'd like to know your perspective.
Namaste'

Good point. It isn't so simple to call God a being when he is everything. Perhaps it is better to call him the Source.

 

[Copernicus]

Good point. It isn't so simple to call God a being when he is everything. Perhaps it is better to call him the Source.

What bothers me about such pat answers to the question is that people behave as if their God were something more than that. Does it make sense to praise or pray to the "Source"? It does make sense to behave that way towards another being that one can interact with on a personal level. The fact remains that those who believe in God treat him/her/it as a being who can think about our reality and intervene in that reality to change the conditions of our situation. Expressions of gratitude and praise make sense when directed at entities that can confer gifts and feel pleasure at being praised.

 

[Masourga]

If there is such a thing as God, I believe it to be the conglomeration of all rules and governance of existence. Things like gravitation toward mass, dissipation/entropy of energies, the interactions between atomic and sub-atomic particles, all the way up through the persistence of life. That is God. Not a being, not a consciousness, but an entity nonetheless. The strongest one in the universe. God is the rule you can't break. The realities by which we are able to and are forced to live under... that provide for us as well as hinder us.

And no, I'm not talking about science. Science doesn't govern these things, it only studies them, and is a man-made contrivance. Without conscious beings, there would be no science. And what I am talking about persists eternally beyond anything so minuscule as that. God is what is and has always been. No beginning, and never an end. God is existence.

 

[bansal2008]

"Ekam Evam Advityam Brahman" : One only, without a second, is Brahman(GOD). (SSS-III)
"Ekam Sad Vipra Bahudha Vadanti" : Cosmic Reality/TRUTH/GOD is one.The learned person speak of it (interpret it) in various ways. [Rig Veda 1.164.46]

Now, the word brahman in itself is the best suited word for "IT" and can take pages and pages to talk about.


Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe in the Hindu religion. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal.

The word "Brahman" is derived from the verb brh (Sanskrit: to grow), and connotes greatness. The Mundaka Upanishad says:

Om- That supreme Brahman is infinite, and this conditioned Brahman is infinite. The infinite proceeds from infinite. Then through knowledge, realizing the infinitude of the infinite, it remains as infinite alone.
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[Beaudreaux]

I do not disagree with you and yet I do not think that I am wrong. In short, humans are not capable to understanding God satisfactorily, and yet we can try and be right to a very limited degree.

So although I do not understand God to His full potential, I do believe that God is everything, in that everything is a manifestation of his energy. So God is the universe, he is everything within it and yet he is so much more. But that isn't much of a definition now is it? Extremely limited.

How can God be "everything" and also be "so much more"?

 

[richardlowellt]

Please if any one has a definition of God (the creator of cosmos) better than the following definition (Quran definition), just inform me.

but this definition must be from a holy book which millions of people believe in.


2:255. Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory)God is the being responsible for poor workmanship in designing both the human body and the cosmos. He is a being who needs psychiatric help in controlling his temper so as not to commit genocide every time he is angered.

 

[richardlowellt]

God is love.....

Nope, don't think so, you don't slaughter the ones you love, nor do you commit them to an eternity of slow roasting just for disobedience. I don't believe in this thing, but I can still love, how does that work?

 

[Autodidact]

Please if any one has a definition of God (the creator of cosmos) better than the following definition (Quran definition), just inform me.

but this definition must be from a holy book which millions of people believe in.


2:255. Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).

I am interesting to know>>>

You might first want to look up the definition of the word "definition." That isn't one.

 

[Autodidact]

That is because the bigger the religion the more likely it is of being correct. I don't believe I have to explain this. Like, all those people can't be wrong, can they?

Just remember, every time you doubt a pious person, somewhere a little kitten dies. THINK ABOUT THE KITTENS!!!

My guess is that the writer of this didn't know what he was talking about and so felt a need to repeat the same idea in different words to make it sound wise.

The very best description, in my humble opinion is from the Tao te Ching.

I was thinking of the Tao Te Ching also:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth.
The named is the mother of the ten thousand things.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.
Ever desiring, one sees the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.

I like that much better than the OP.
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[Autodidact]

I mean by holy book ANY book that millions or hundreds of thousands of people believe in.

Because if not like that any one can write anything and we are searching for the correct answer not for the probabilities

Exactly how does more people believing something makes it more likely to be true? If that's your standard, you should be Christian.

 

[Autodidact]

Here's another nice God concept:

Jainism believes that universe and all its substances or entities are eternal. It has no beginning or end with respect to time. Universe runs own its own accord by its own cosmic laws. All the substances change or modify their forms continuously. Nothing can be destroyed or created in the universe. There is no need of some one to create or manage the affairs of the universe. Hence Jainism does not believe in God as a creator, survivor, and destroyer of the universe.
However Jainism does believe in God, not as a creator, but as a perfect being. When a person destroys all his karmas, he becomes a liberated soul. He lives in a perfect blissful state in Moksha forever. The liberated soul possesses infinite knowledge, infinite vision, infinite power, and infinite bliss. This living being is a God of Jain religion.
Every living being has a potential to become God. Hence Jains do not have one God, but Jain Gods are innumerable and their number is continuously increasing as more living beings attain liberation.

 

[Autodidact]

Please if any one has a definition of God (the creator of cosmos) better than the following definition (Quran definition), just inform me.

but this definition must be from a holy book which millions of people believe in.


2:255. Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).

I am interesting to know>>>

In fact, the more I think of it, the more I think that a king on a throne is a lousy one, whether in terms of accuracy or metaphor. What was your point again?