Is God a Deity?

[Soandso]

Not really. We're talking more about individual/religious perspective.

I see. One has to wonder, though, how effective a word can be at communicating a concept if there is extra meaning attributed to a word that isn't widely known in the public consciousness

Can that change? Sure. To "save" someone has extra meaning to it in our culture than to just physically rescue someone from danger, but that is more due to the popularity of Evangelical Christianity in American culture. "Deity" can be made to mean many things just like any other word, but publicly it will be associated with a god more often than not if people choose to use it in conversation outside of their specific religious/spiritual group. Any other meaning aside from that isn't popular enough to have much value at communicating extra meaning than deity as a god

 

[PureX]

People speak of "God", both theists and atheists alike. This is more often than not referring to the God of Abraham, aka Allah and Yahweh. This is the God we are discussing for the purpose of this thread.

The question is pretty straightforward.

Is God a deity?

Feel free to explain your response to the poll.

God is first an ideal. Whatever else God may be, apart from the ideal, is unknown.

 

[TransmutingSoul]

Feel free to explain your response to the poll.

It is impossible to answer, as God is not defined by any words or titles, God is only made know by these words and titles. No mind can grasp who and what is God, no mind can contemplate the source of their own being, which is Spirit, the giver of their own rational mind.

Regards Tony

 

[Quintessence]

Is God a deity?

An odd question. The god of Abrahamic religions - often called God, G-d, Yaweh, etc. - is a type of deity. Was this ever in dispute?

 

[Vinayaka]

God (word) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

From this I'm not sure. The origins of the word were outside my paradigm, but it has now snuck into most of the world's religions through the spread of the English language. Not that it matters.

 

[PearlSeeker]

Yes.

Just one comment:
God = the Deity ("God Most High")
a god = a deity

 

[IndigoChild5559]

People speak of "God", both theists and atheists alike. This is more often than not referring to the God of Abraham, aka Allah and Yahweh. This is the God we are discussing for the purpose of this thread.

The question is pretty straightforward.

Is God a deity?

Feel free to explain your response to the poll.

Deity and god are synonyms, whether one is referring to the single monotheistic god, or to a god in a polytheistic pantheon.

 

[Brickjectivity]

People speak of "God", both theists and atheists alike. This is more often than not referring to the God of Abraham, aka Allah and Yahweh. This is the God we are discussing for the purpose of this thread.

The question is pretty straightforward.

Is God a deity?

Feel free to explain your response to the poll.

"A deity" no. I am a deity. You are a deity. We exist within God. That is my perspective. From that point of view if God were a deity it would be beyond any ability to explain, somewhat like trying to make a Klein bottle.