The Qualities of a God

[firedragon]

I'm pretty sure this is a remix of a thread I created a few years back, but for the life of me cannot find it (not that I spent much time looking).

So here it is...

In another thread, a member asked if one can be a god, or if one can know one is a god.

To answer such a question, one would have to know what qualities or attributes a god would have.

So what are the qualities of a god? What qualifications would one have to have to be considered a god?

Its a good thread, but the problem is it is starting from the wrong end. I hope you understand.

Instead you should look for answers to questions like "is there a creator", then move on to "why", and then "is there one or two or a 100", then for qualifications. This is way to post hoc.

But its an interesting thread.

 

[viole]

Jesus was not God. He never said he was God, and he corrected those who claimed he was God. The Roman Ceasar at the time, however, did proclaim himself to be a god.

Could be. But many believe He was. And that He was human. Ergo, your claim that a human cannot be a god might not be shared among all theists.

Ciao

- viole

 

[SalixIncendium]

Again, that doesn't make sense. Greed is a motive. Worship is not.

Sorry. I must not be communicating this well.

The overlap is that greed can be a motive for worship.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The main quality of God is that it is not a human.

If your view of what "God" is doesn't work for the largest religion on Earth, this is a pretty good sign you're off-base.

 

[ppp]

Sorry. I must not be communicating this well.

The overlap is that greed can be a motive for worship.

Sorry, but I just don't see that as an overlap.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Sorry, but I just don't see that as an overlap.

No worries. Sorry I couldn’t communicate to you what I intended to say.

 

[Father Heathen]

The one that sticks out to me as a necessary (but not sufficient) qualification for a god:

A god is an object of worship by humans.

The need or desire to be worshiped is a weakness of the ego. If there were/are actual cosmic forces or entities out there with limitless intelligence and understanding, them having such a quality makes no sense to me.

 

[RestlessSoul]

What are the qualities of God?

Only God is unchanging. Only God has all the truth there is.
- Bill W.

 

[dybmh]

A god is truly independent and all powerful.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The need or desire to be worshiped is a weakness of the ego. If there were/are actual cosmic forces or entities out there with limitless intelligence and understanding, them having such a quality makes no sense to me.

To be fair, the idea that gods want to be worshipped doesn't factor into every belief system.

For instance, AFAIK, most deists believe that God should be worshipped because he's worthy of worship, not because he necessarily asked for it.

 

[1213]

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So what are the qualities of a god? What qualifications would one have to have to be considered a god?

I have understood god is basically a title, like king, but higher, the highest authority. Because of that, I think everyone has something as his god. What it is can be seen from what person ultimately serves by his actions and words and what rules him. For some it may be fear, or something else and for some it may be love.

He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8

Basically, person can keep almost anything as his god, as we can see from history. Some even kept a golden calf as their god. Maybe they thought it gives everything for them. This leads to idea that people seem to call god that what gives life for them. And I think in a way that is quite reasonable idea. The problem comes with, what really gives the life, who really created everything.

I believe the creator and source of life is Bible God. I keep him as my god, because he has show wisdom, righteousness, knowledge, truth and love unlike anyone else.

 

[lukethethird]

A God would have is very own lake of fire and would know how to use it.

 

[JustGeorge]

I'm pretty sure this is a remix of a thread I created a few years back, but for the life of me cannot find it (not that I spent much time looking).

So here it is...

In another thread, a member asked if one can be a god, or if one can know one is a god.

To answer such a question, one would have to know what qualities or attributes a god would have.

So what are the qualities of a god? What qualifications would one have to have to be considered a god?

What isn't a quality of a God?

Perhaps certain qualities are devoid of specific qualities, but it seems that almost every quality is had by a God somewhere...

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

So what are the qualities of a god? What qualifications would one have to have to be considered a god?

My definition of a god in the monotheistic sense is a conscious entity capable of creating a universe. If that's not what another means when he used the word, I just translate into my preferred language, such as the laws of nature if that is what one is calling God (I'm thinking Einstein now), or the mystery of existence, which I find to be an adequate name for that as is. The word "God" carries baggage. It connotes a conscious universe builder in many minds, even in those who have no such belief, which is why if that's not what I mean, I don't use the word.

And to answer your question about whether a human being can be a god (literally), not unless he can build a universe. There is the beauty of clear and concise definitions. It makes the question easily answerable. Change the definition and you may change the answer, but it will still be clear what that answer is. Use vague, fuzzy definitions, and nothing is ever resolved, people talking past one another about different things and never recognizing that.

 

[stvdv]

So what would make that being a god?

They also say "God is beyond words"
BUT
Words are used to describe the indescribable
AND
Silence is the "tool" if one is interested to experience

 

[TransmutingSoul]

I'm pretty sure this is a remix of a thread I created a few years back, but for the life of me cannot find it (not that I spent much time looking).

So here it is...

In another thread, a member asked if one can be a god, or if one can know one is a god.

To answer such a question, one would have to know what qualities or attributes a god would have.

So what are the qualities of a god? What qualifications would one have to have to be considered a god?

That would be the Messengers of God. Your question is answered by their Person, their Life and the Revelations.

Regards Tony

 

[Father Heathen]

A God would have is very own lake of fire and would know how to use it.

And this doesn't seem rather random and arbitrary? Why would being a god come with the desire to dole out sadistic and disproportionate vengeance over petty and trivial offenses?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

The one that sticks out to me as a necessary (but not sufficient) qualification for a god:

A god is an object of worship by humans.

That is basically where I was going, although I might have gone one step further and suggested: "a god is an object of worship by human beings who believe they have the power and will to help or harm them in some way."

And if that's the definition, then gods are anything any humans decide upon, whether they are exist in reality or not.

 

[TransmutingSoul]

That is basically where I was going, although I might have gone one step further and suggested: "a god is an object of worship by human beings who believe they have the power and will to help or harm them in some way."

And if that's the definition, then gods are anything any humans decide upon, whether they are exist in reality or not.

I see that God is not an object to be worshipped.

God is only known by attributes and it is those attributes we can aspire to, but most importantly practice. We can connect to the source of those attributes, which can become a focal point of worship.

Having a focal point enables is to increase the power of the mind.

Regards Tony

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

The main quality of God is that it is not a human.

That's one of the main qualities of every other living species on earth.

 

[MyM]

In Islam, we believe that Allah has names and attributes. In Islam, he has over 99 names and we believe in all of them No other being has all of these qualities but Allah.