What is a god?

[pocaracas]

Thank you for fitting so neatly into my first category:


I did expect most Muslims to align themselves with this version of a god.

The thing is the word "god" just means what we value most relative to everything else. What we devote to the most.

When you say "we", do you mean the aggregate of mankind? or each of us individuals?

Personally, right now, what I value most and what I want to devote to most is a woman. She's a human being, as far as I can tell, and, as such, not a god.

In Quran for example, you will find a verse that talks about a person taking their desire as a god.

Why do you need to refer to the Quran all the time?

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In the case of many gods, it basically amounts to "Like us, but more powerful. Usually being related to a force of nature, or some aspect of Humanity like love". A popular concept is just some eldritch being that's both incomprehensible, and all powerful. Like a Lovecraftian abomination that may bless or punish you whether you worship it or not. And of course there's the idea that whatever you value most in your life becomes your god. Which is sort of stretching and diluting the concept, but whatever.

Nice build up

Personally I just view it as a tool. "Listen to me because I get orders from someone more powerful than you. Don't overthrow me, or you'll make him angry."

It certainly seems to be this, given all the cultures and civilizations that have existed on this planet where this applies.