(December 30, 2018 at 12:19 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(December 30, 2018 at 8:50 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Who is "us?" Is a definition from a dictionary or encyclopedia fine by you?
No.
There are a lot of contradictory or nebulous definitions of god out there.
I want what YOU think one is.
"Us" would be the wider readership here.
So what is a god? I have so far not seen a description that makes sense to me.
Well there is part of your problem. You don't accept books that tell you these things and suggest ones like dictionaries and encyclopedias carry some bias. If you won't listen to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, then you surely aren't going to accept my definition for something. Heck, even I must concede that the dictionary holds an authority beyond that of myself to define things objectively. Maybe some dictionaries and encyclopedias incorporate some bias, but we can generally tell which ones those are. The ones that have been around for many years like Oxford and M-W are considered authorities in this area.