God

[The Grand Nudger]

See.  

[Whateverist]

any member of a set of supernatural entities contended to possess power or authority over one or more aspects of the natural world; anthropomorphized representations of natural forces, cultural tropes, and social institutions.

I note that creating everything from nothing is no where in that list and neither is gate-keeper to never never land.  I find that refreshing.  The xtian notion is mind-numbingly ponderous.

[The Grand Nudger]

Both would be contained in the first clause, though..since very few gods are creators or gatekeepers..it doesn't deserve explicit mention nor could it be used as an exclusionary criteria.

[Chad32]

"What is god?" is an almost unanswerable question. You'd actually have to find one and study it before you can say what it is. It's like asking "What is a Vampire, and what sort of powers does it have?". You'll get different answers from different people, and while there's a generally held concept, no one is really right or wrong, because it's not a creature we've been able to get real data on.

[The Grand Nudger]

Thousands of them can be found for study, and have been studied. That the faithful insist that there is more to them than has been found is, again, a them problem, not a definition problem.

[Brian37]

Why would anyone want to be ruled by a "King"? A king is not an elected official. A king does not need your consent to rule over you. A king, unless someone kills him, cannot be removed from it's position by the citizens he rules over.

I do not like dictators and that is what a king is.

[Angrboda]

The one who gives everything it's reality, definition and form with relationship to the truth of his reality and is what guides it and has made everything speak.

There is no doubt to his existence in my mind or heart.

He is the one who illuminates all light and is the light of all light.

He is the one who hears and sees and who we exist through his perception, as such is with us all closer to us then all things.

He is the King by which morality exists through, the one to be obeyed in all that, and pleased in all that, and it's command and will that makes morality what it is.

He is the one who the path leads back to and calls to.

He is the endless sky that cannot be reached but we know exists through the path that points to Him.

He is the one who creates the stages by which we are distinguished in rank.

And he is the one who accounts every soul by what it has earned and were it not for his vision,  actions would not be part of who we are.

He is the absolute judge by which things are created in truth.

He is the one who if he can beget would have out of compassion, love and generosity, but is above that, and had decided to try his creation to see which one is best in action.

He is the one who is with us in our hardships, extends his rope to us, and will aide those who depend on him in ways they didn't ever imagine.

He is the one who is still to be found when the mind fractures and the soul has fallen out of realms of rationality and he is the one who will extend helpers and guides so that we remember him and remember to hold on to what is most important in such moments of despair.

He is the love by which all things were created through true fabrics of love, that connect us all through his guide of time.

He is the one who has illuminated all things through his name and is the light of his name and called and reminded through that guiding king.

He is the one to be lived for and who is the best reward and most everlasting investment we can have.

He is the one who tries us by good and evil, and to him is the return in all that.

He is the one who responds to prayers by those who connect to him through his names and reminders.

He is the one who calls his creation back to forgiveness and wishes to fix their corruption by repentance.

He is the one who believes in us even when we have despaired of him.

He is the Greatest, the Best, The Good Lord I put my trust on and see every day through vision he grants me though what is hidden behind the veils is much greater and what is treasured of his names much more sacred from that which he is uncovered from my sight.

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j/k.  I know who you mean.

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[Whateverist]

"What is god?" is an almost unanswerable question. You'd actually have to find one and study it before you can say what it is. It's like asking "What is a Vampire, and what sort of powers does it have?". You'll get different answers from different people, and while there's a generally held concept, no one is really right or wrong, because it's not a creature we've been able to get real data on.

Child's play, my bolded.

A being subsisting on blood.  In human form often associated with supernatural, fanciful powers.  Also see the current vice president of the U.S. and the newly re-elected senator from Texas.

[Silver]

"What is god?" is an almost unanswerable question. You'd actually have to find one and study it before you can say what it is. It's like asking "What is a Vampire, and what sort of powers does it have?". You'll get different answers from different people, and while there's a generally held concept, no one is really right or wrong, because it's not a creature we've been able to get real data on.

Child's play, my bolded.

A being subsisting on blood.  In human form often associated with supernatural, fanciful powers.  Also see the current vice president of the U.S. and the newly re-elected senator from Texas.

Incorrect. There are also energy vampires.

[Whateverist]

I did not know that. Are you thinking of the Koch brothers? Or maybe the Bush clan?