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What is the definition of the word ‘god’ exactly to you?

Riteous 4 Apr 8
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a god is supreme or infallible within a field or practice. that's why i'm about to list a bunch of gods.

Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
Ray Mazerek
John Densmore
Jimmy Page
Robert Plant
John Bonham
John Paul Jones
Jimi Hendrix
B.B King
Robert Johnson
David Draiman
Ozzy Osbourn
Paganini
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstien
Van Gogh

need i continue? get the point? these are gods in their own right. these are the epitome of style, class, adventure, hardships, prevailing through impossibile times. and like all gods, they are not accepted by everybody, however, they are appreciated and understood for the reasons they are called gods.

back in ancient greece, the people would treat emotions and actions as gods. they had gods of love, war, night, suspicion, life, death, trickery, lies, torture and even gods between gods like Hades who we would practically call the ferryman. if they can have all those gods in an attempt to understand where things originate from, then i think it is more reasonable to consider real people as gods. it's no different than worshipping a cow, a cat, a dog, a snake or a ram.

however, if someone were to assert a god which controls me, i would then start asking questions like "how do you know that". those people would not be able to answer me, but if they asked me that about the people i consider gods, i'd be capable of answering and proving why they are gods from my perspective.

the abrahamic religions were the only religions to assert an all knowing, all powerful god who is omniscient, without proof. it took thousands of failed religions and millions of dead and forgotten gods before they rolled them all into one neat package and created what we universally know today as "a god". however, respectfully, a god is merely a being who is just really really good at doing something. so my gods are in line with what a god should be capable of.

@kenriley i could have kept going man. i left out hundreds of gods. i figured it was understood where i was going.

i shall take my shame and add his name to the list in this reply....

Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Joan Baez
Bo Diddley
Janis Joplin

i need to make more additions. this is going to take a while.

Hey, you left out my personal god, James Cameron. I built him a mental shrine after watching Avatar in 3-D.

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Dog spelt backwards

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Eric Clapton

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Imagined being(s) who are "believed" into "existence" and looked to for some form of guidance, protection, enlightenment and, most importantly, immortality. Gods are everything we wish we were: dependent on nothing, never uncertain, never impotent, never dying.

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A imaginary higher power people are trained to pray to.

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It's the word my wife yells when we are making love......lol.

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A supernatural being who is malevolent.

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A supernatural being.not a part of the natural universe known now or at any time in the future. Like Marvel comic characters this unnatural creature is imbued with supernatural powers to shape matter create and destroy matter and knows everything. Knows the past present and future. In addition this creature hears the thoughts of all humanity. It’s a creepy creature. It could intervene in the physical universe and can help football teams in America win games. Apparently not so keen on eradicating disease and suffering. So obviously a made up creature as to be ludicrous

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God: Dog spelled backwards.

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A fairytale that people created

ebdb Level 7 Apr 8, 2018
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Gods were invented by early humans (possibly neanderthals) to explain the unexplainable. Then maniplulated by the few to keep the masses in check.

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An imaginary being whose superpowers make believers feel secure and favored.

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I like the way Neil Gaiman approached the concept... a God is anything that receives adoration, attention, and worship. Therefore, as in his book American Gods, there are gods of technology, media, sex...

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Its what people invented to explain why good things happen to bad people, why bad things happen to good people, why perfectly healthy humans die young, why fire rains from the sky, why crops fail etc etc...we know why now...god is redundant

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Nothing

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Nonesense, a placeholder for a person who has no other ideas and fears the dreaded "I don't know"

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Being

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In religious terms it's a word used to cover up or fill in a lack of knowledge.

In music it's a term used for adoration

It's also the first three letters fo my surname 🙂

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An excuse for not thinking for yourself.

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For me it’s a personification of the entirety of reality.

skado Level 9 Apr 8, 2018

I like that

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I'm my own god. I'm in charge of what I do right and wrong. I'm the one pulling the strings.

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Right now, it's a lazy explaination for all the stuff not genuinely understood.

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God is simply the term early man used to try and explain his existence, and the natural events happening around him. God created me. God causes thunder and lightning. Kind of answer for everything.
To me God is the Universe

gater Level 7 Apr 8, 2018
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Guilt
Oppression
Dumbass-ery

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The Sumerian god, "Anu" is likely the inspiration for the Hebrew god of the Bible, but for my own belief, I see what others call "god" as my Higher Self, Source energy, etc.

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