Show me your definition of GOD(s).

[Whateverist]

I have no idea why everyone seems to be posting non-sense and avoiding the subject.

The definition of a god (or at least God) according to Islam is set by both the Hadith (Sayings of Mohammed that never made it into the Koran) as well as the Koran itself. There are 99 attributes aka "names" that define "God". These names are sometimes used to refer to God.



In Islam God is the creator of everything; Heaven and earth, the sun, moon and the planets, man, animals... well you get the picture.
He (yes it's a HE) is immortal. Existed and will always exist. Was not created. Omnipotent, omni-benevolent, omni-sapient, omniscient, and omnipresent. He was not born and did not give birth (although the later is understood generally as he has no child.)
God is capable of extreme punishment or great mercy.

When people die, the soul goes back to him.
Mohammed was supposedly asked once about where God is to which he responded "he is closer to you than your own carotid."

In Arabic the word Allah is a contraction of Al Ilah. Which both mean "The God". This is contrary to what a lot of people who do not know Arabic claim; that Allah and God are not the same. Christians use the same word in the Arabic bibles.



Notice the small "w" with a vertical line on top. This is a shaddah (it doubles the letter below it) above it a superscript alef to make the second a in allah a long "A".

Thank you very much for your straight forward reply. It does sound as thought God is understood as meaning everything. But that God should be thought of as male is beyond me. Perhaps this is a result of a language, like French or Spanish, which assigns gender to all objects. Being a native English speaker this has always seemed strange but, you know, viva la difference.

Or do you think that God is also supposed to be understood as person-like and especially with the qualities associated with men? I know not all Christians understand God to be a personal (i.e., person-like) god. It is the great unwashed masses who are told fairy tales with personified gods to make them fear and obey. Likewise with heaven, hell and judgement. Not every Christian thinks that you literally spend eternity as yourself in a place called heaven or hell. Neither do they think there will be a pronouncement made by God or his representative of the fate you merit. That is just for mass consumption.

I wonder if we have any Muslim members (or theists of any stripe) who hold a more nuanced belief in 'god', 'eternity' and so on.

I'm also curious why you, Lord Xenu, count yourself as an atheist now. Had you been a Muslim before and if your were, had you believed it all on the literal level? Perhaps you have an intro thread I should read. (Welcome to the forum by the way and thanks again for the thoughtful reply.)