Definition Of God

you're more than right kimba, good point

God: man's greatest creation!

Seun and all my gentlemanly felas who just want to get noticed on the ridiculous side, there just is no need for all this shakara called atheism. To you, God may be defined as man's greatest creation - and that's alright if you created your own god. You have all the right to say so or worse on Nairaland, afterall its your brainchild. Ever heard of respect for others' worldview even if you don't believe in them? I remember that inflamatory statements are not encouraged on the forum; yet how would you class your statement above? You make rules and break them! Applause!  

God may not be definable or explanable. Perhaps, the handler of the topic might have wanted us to share from our own experiences and points of reference about who God is to us. 'Definition' may not be the word he/she might have wanted to use; but I think the sense is that he/she would have liked to read responses that are uplifting about our experiences of God.

God is who He says He is. . . the "I AM WHO I AM". . . the uncreated Creator of all things except evilthe best Friend there is to the helpless, hopeless, and hapless. . . the only One ridiculed by those who understand Him not. . . loved by millions who have found peace and reality in Him. . . highly exalted on His throne. . . whose qualities and attributes exhaust human language and dwarf all learning. . .

              I d'not  not satisfied ooooohhhh!!!__ abi make I continue??

Of all I could ever say of Him, this one na super - God is God!!

Allonym,

What exactly do you mean by its impossible to define "God"? Is "God" not an English word?

Unless my understanding of the word "define" is wrong.

The term "God" was defined long ago. If not it would not be an English word. If you open your dictionary, will you not find a definition of monotheistic "God" as against the polytheistic version used in "gods"? But if you want an in-depth definition, accepted by all Biblical scholars, Go to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia  . Better still here is the link to the standard definition,  Read up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God

I have since realised that the problem here is that the person who started this thread said "Please I want people to help me define God" when he actually meant  "What are some names that I can use to praise God?" or "What does God mean to you?"

If we were Jews, I will understand someone saying you can't define God. Jews are not permitted to ever speak or write the word, they just write G - d.

nicetohave, that was fascinating! 

Oh, were are using english now. . . does this mean that I can attack the definition with logic based on real words with real meanings?  Or am I constrained to talking about God with only concepts sanctioned by any person here who claims to be a christian?

I am reluctant to return here. but for the benefit of those who may just wakapass and read allonym's reply above, this is the FULL Wikipedia definition of God:

[ God
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and derived henotheistic forms. See deity, god (male deity) or goddesses for details on polytheistic usages. See Names of God for terms used in other languages or specific faiths. See God (disambiguation) for non-religious meanings.
God denotes a deity who is believed by monotheists to be the sole creator and ruler of the universe. Conceptions of God can vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all.

The God of monotheism, or the supreme deity of pantheist, panentheist and henotheistic religions is not thought of by believers in the same terms as deities — as a powerful, human-like, supernatural being -- but rather becomes esoteric, the reification of a philosophical category — the Ultimate, the Absolute Infinite, the Transcendent, the One, the All, Existence or Being itself, the ground of being, the monistic substrate, etc.

Theologians and philosophers have studied countless conceptions of God since the dawn of civilization. The question of the existence of God classically falls under the branch of philosophy known as metaphysics, but is also one of the key discussions taking place within the field of the philosophy of religion.
]

Note the bold texts: Existence or Being Itself.

So as you can see I did not just make up my definition. Though I posted before i decided to search Wiki the definition, I made it a duty to discover what "God" as a term meant long ago.  Too many people just do not bother to find the real meaning of terms they use. This leads to ignorant usage of the terms, thereby grating on the senses of those who do so.

Anyway, as I said before, whatever God means to you, stay close to Him.

@ Seun, what do u mean by God is man's greatest creation.
Can a creation create its creator.

If you don't believe in God that doesnt mean you should classify him that way.
God created you Seun

lets not get involved in semantics, God does not require that of us our service to Him goes beyond "H" for "h", but point noted anyway.

because, although they do not recognize it, some do

there are so many things that does not makes sense but are valid allonym.

Is your senses an objective indicator of events?

if you live within your senses always then you'll never live at all, at best you'll remain a glorified primate.

It amazes me how a minor proportion of the world thinks the major proportion's confessions does not make sense and in other words, are next to delusional; it is amusing.

If it doesnt make sense to you, or rather if it does not compute to you, then so be it.

remember again, feelings, senses, computing, be it whatever you call it in itself as an objective assessment of event, does not make sense, or better still, compute.

If youre persuaded in your confessions, or senses or computing, then stick to it.

obviously your scope of what makes sense is what is poor

add 1+1 for me using the binary mode of addition instead of the decimal mode that your senses are used to and tell me what you got. does that tell you anything about how many ways 1+1 can be resolved? one way? perhaps two? sorry, in numerous ways.

put your palms on yourself and tell me what your temperature is?

allonym, even you do not realise your senses are subjective, how can you know more than you have not felt? or experienced?

sorry, 1+1 in binary addition is not 2.

like i said you are limited in knowledge even in the things you claim so much to know, how then can you understand the definition of God.

Really,

In binary, 01 + 01 = 10.

10 in binary is equivalent to 02 in decimal.

Please don't embarass yourself if you don't know what you are talking about.  Pull out a simple scientific calculator that can convert between binary and decimal if you can't do the math in your head.

don't reosrt to insult, i am far more intelligent than you think perhaps more than you can ever be.

so 10 in binary is equal to 2 in decimal? does that make the two equal?

perhaps bush is the president in the USA and Obasanjo is president in Nigeria

so bush=obasanjo, because they are both president?

how many ways can you add 1+1?

how many ways can you define God?

doesnt that imply to you that there are more than you know?

retreat back into the discussion and leave me out of it, you can only ridicule yourself if you persist