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What is a god?
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RE: What is a god?
June 26, 2013 at 11:00 am (This post was last modified: June 26, 2013 at 11:01 am by FallentoReason.)
Classical Theism states that it is omnipotent, omniscient and morally perfect. Such a beast was sported by Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes and Plantinga (to name a few).
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RE: What is a god?
June 26, 2013 at 11:21 am
(June 26, 2013 at 10:44 am)BadWriterSparty Wrote: "Q" from Star Trek: The Next Generation is a good example of an Omnipotent being with a true God-like presence, as humans today understand it. However, the show made it very clear that such a being should not be worshiped as a god, nor should it be considered thus.
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 11:44 am
(June 26, 2013 at 11:21 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(June 26, 2013 at 10:44 am)BadWriterSparty Wrote: "Q" from Star Trek: The Next Generation is a good example of an Omnipotent being with a true God-like presence, as humans today understand it. However, the show made it very clear that such a being should not be worshiped as a god, nor should it be considered thus.
kudos for mentioning Q Big Grin

Keep it up guys!

I thought you were looking for real responses; id est: people's definitions of the term "god". If you're looking for funny statements, here's one:
God is Santa on steroids.
Should be obvious to anyone who's heard the song "Santa Claus is coming to town".
The truth is absolute. Life forms are specks of specks (...) of specks of dust in the universe.
Why settle for normal, when you can be so much more? Why settle for something, when you can have everything?

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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 11:49 am
My goal is to gather responses.
Funny ones are welcome, serious ones are taken seriously. Smile

I was looking more for the minimum requirements for an entity to be considered a god.
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 11:49 am
God is Santa for grown-ups.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 12:07 pm
(June 27, 2013 at 11:49 am)pocaracas Wrote: My goal is to gather responses.
Funny ones are welcome, serious ones are taken seriously. Smile

I was looking more for the minimum requirements for an entity to be considered a god.

The absolute minimum would probably be "creator of the universe".
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 1:04 pm
(June 27, 2013 at 12:07 pm)One Above All Wrote:
(June 27, 2013 at 11:49 am)pocaracas Wrote: My goal is to gather responses.
Funny ones are welcome, serious ones are taken seriously. Smile

I was looking more for the minimum requirements for an entity to be considered a god.

The absolute minimum would probably be "creator of the universe".
Does that include Thor, or Ra, or Amun, or Aphrodite?
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Whatever you want it to be, baby.

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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 1:22 pm
(June 27, 2013 at 1:04 pm)pocaracas Wrote:
(June 27, 2013 at 12:07 pm)One Above All Wrote: The absolute minimum would probably be "creator of the universe".
Does that include Thor, or Ra, or Amun, or Aphrodite?

That's why I said "probably". I wasn't sure, so I added a modifier.
The truth is absolute. Life forms are specks of specks (...) of specks of dust in the universe.
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RE: What is a god?
June 27, 2013 at 1:30 pm
(June 26, 2013 at 4:56 am)pocaracas Wrote: How do you define "god"?

What are the minimum requirements for an entity to be called a god?
Immortality?
Omniscience?
Omni-something?

PS: this has probably been done to death in these forums, but I didn't notice it in the past year that I've been around... and the search function didn't yield anything... so let's reboot it!

1. Conscious (IMHO, "the universe" isn't God; atheism and sci-pantheism seem like a distinction without a difference)
2. First Cause

Not necessarily any of the traits you mention.
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