Define God here. Because if you just say "God is the universe" or "God is energy" and they're eternal, then that isn't exactly God is it? It's pantheism at the most.
As Steven Weinberg has said, to paraphrase: "If you believe something like "God is energy" then you can find God in a lump of coal".
The definition of God matters here. If energy or 'existence itself' is eternal and you call that "God" that's very different to if God means 'The Supernatural Intelligent Designer of the universe'!!
God isn't exactly God just by calling it (or 'him') "God", unless that's all you mean - something totally natural that you are just calling "God"!
EvF
As Steven Weinberg has said, to paraphrase: "If you believe something like "God is energy" then you can find God in a lump of coal".
The definition of God matters here. If energy or 'existence itself' is eternal and you call that "God" that's very different to if God means 'The Supernatural Intelligent Designer of the universe'!!
God isn't exactly God just by calling it (or 'him') "God", unless that's all you mean - something totally natural that you are just calling "God"!
EvF