Define God
What's the best definition of God that you guys can come up with or find?
I came up with this one:
"God: a literary device (used mostly in fantasy) to bypass the laws of physics and nature in order to speed up the writing process."
Modern Example: Eru from "The Silmarillion" by JRR Tolkien.
The traditional example you all know.
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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on -
"god": common misspelling of "dog".
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Permalink Reply by Darrell Mont on -
I am an agnostic insomniac dyslexic. I lay awake at night wondering if there really is a dog.
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Permalink Reply by Akshay Bist on -
An imaginary entity that people mostly call upon when in need/distress. If the situation is resolved to their liking, they thank the imaginary entity but never blame it in case it doesn't.
Also used to explain thing they can't understand.
Some people have make believe conversations with this imaginary entity. Many pray to this entity, some regularly & some ocassionally, in the hope that the imaginary being will set the universe in their favor.
The make up & personality of this imaginary entity is different for different people, though most people divide themselves into groups called religions & each religion has it's own framework of this imaginary entity that it's followers build off of.
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Permalink Reply by Dustin on -
lol, this sounds like something that you would find in a journal of psychology in the 'delusion' section.
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Permalink Reply by Akshay Bist on
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Humm, maybe I should've studied psychology instead of CompSci
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Permalink Reply by Ron V on -
A product of human imagination with variable, and ultimately irreconcilable, human and supernatural attributes, created to help explain such questions as how the universe began, why we are here, etc., as well as fulfill an infantile need for an imaginary friend.
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Permalink Reply by Albert Bakker on -
Universal skydaddy. Imaginary creature attributed with omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience and omnibenevolence. Historically caused humans who believe in it to surrender to helpless dependency, retreat in seclusion, become hostile to science and suspicious of education and more likely to succumb to sadism, war or killing in general.
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Permalink Reply by bob spencer on -
it depends on which god you mean
regards
Bob
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Permalink Reply by Albert Bakker on
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The only one that is really true of course, Bob.
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Permalink Reply by bob spencer on
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well the Hindus believe there are 330 million gods so I'm going to be here all feckin day.And that's just one religion.Really couldn't be arsed. Got better things to do like gettin a life
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