Reply #114: Definition of God

[Peak_Oil]

I don't have one. Before you think that's too short of an answer, or that it dodges the question, I think it's the most accurate and the least offensive.

To get more specific is usually insulting to believers of almost any stripe, but I'll try to get that out of the way with a minimum of fuss.

Which one are we talking about? YHVH? Shiva? The Dali Lama? Allah? Satan? Ganesh? Krishna? As far as I know, people believe in all of these right now. You can find people that profess a faith in each one of these.

Older ones that may or may not have followers anymore include Roman, Japanese, and Egyptian politicians.

Precursors to Christ such as Zoroaster, Prometheus, etc etc etc. had their days in the sun, as did the pantheons of Roman gods, Greek gods, Aztec gods, Polynesian gods, Native American gods, Chinese gods, Japanese gods, I don't know anything about them but I'd assume the Africans had gods...

Or is it some other God, not listed above, with no holy book and no body of followers, that has no features or evidence pointing to his/His/her/Her/its/Its existence?

You gotta pick something.