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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:27 AM Oct 2018

When you say you believe or do not believe in "God", what exactly is your definition of "God". [View all]

I always thought that having a discussion about God was pointless unless you first defined exactly what you meant by the term "God". I think many people have different interpretations of God so they may not be discussing the same thing when they argue or debate. What is your concept or definition?

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When you say you believe or do not believe in "God", what exactly is your definition of "God". [View all] smirkymonkey Oct 2018 OP

My definition of god... Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #1

FYI, I am an athiest agnostic. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #3

It wasn't directed at you, specifically. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #10

Any omnipotent OR omnipresent supernatural sentience. Foolacious Oct 2018 #2

I'm closer to the "omnipresent sentience"-- thucythucy Oct 2018 #5

That's why I'm unwilling to rule out God UNLESS... Foolacious Oct 2018 #16

Well, if such an object was either observed by at least some people thucythucy Oct 2018 #20

to me one kind of gets you pretty close to having the other qazplm135 Oct 2018 #9

I think this is still too narrow to handle polytheism. Pope George Ringo II Oct 2018 #17

I am clueless. nancy1942 Oct 2018 #4

It's difficult to get an answer to that question, even from religious people. MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

I just think it is something that is completely beyond the realm of human understanding. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #12

Almost everything is greater than us. Truly. MineralMan Oct 2018 #14

God ghostsinthemachine Oct 2018 #7

I love that song. thucythucy Oct 2018 #22

You've hit on it because it's a range qazplm135 Oct 2018 #8

Lack of a coherent definition is one of the reasons to reject belief in god(s). trotsky Oct 2018 #11

Exactly! smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #13

If it was just "god vs. no god" I agree there wouldn't be a point. trotsky Oct 2018 #15

That's the thing... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #24

Neither do I, but for some it is a very specific "being" and for others it is an abstract concept smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #21

except qazplm135 Oct 2018 #41

I imagine that atheists don't agree that your theoretical gods meet your range of possibilities. marylandblue Oct 2018 #44

which was my point qazplm135 Oct 2018 #45

"Any god I've ever heard of." Iggo Oct 2018 #18

God is the thing that caused the laws of nature to be what they are. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #19

Does it have intelligence? edhopper Oct 2018 #25

I tend to think it is intelligent. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #27

So where did God in turn come from? Bretton Garcia Oct 2018 #33

It's a good question. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Oct 2018 #40

"God is the thing that caused the laws of nature to be what they are." trotsky Oct 2018 #35

Says me. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #38

Really? Please show your evidence of that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #36

It's definitional, not requiring proof. MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #39

Lulzd. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #23

A Republican will tell you God has their values. Doodley Oct 2018 #26

So will most religious Democrats. nt. Mariana Oct 2018 #43

God has many names. Croney Oct 2018 #28

Descartes proved with logic that God exists but the Catholic Church rejected it because logic and pr keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #29

"Proved" Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #32

You cannot prove that such a Renee Descartes Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #34

I can concieve of a universe where I am right all the time. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #42

Somebody who gibraltar72 Oct 2018 #30

I like to think of Jesus... Docreed2003 Oct 2018 #31