How you define God?

[Quintessence]

Either way, your little snit has little to nothing to do with the point of the conversation.

Neither did yours; I was just following your example.

That's a personal god, a deity that is deified for personal interests and relationship. A personal Deity must be different from the universal God and the Creator.

Huh? I don't understand. I thought "personal god" referred to deities understood to be persons (aka, identifiable individuals with distinctive personalities and attributes) who relate to human beings on a personal level (e.g., listening to and responding to prayers, being concerned with the affairs of individual humans). Then again, I've never really understood the phrase "personal god" to begin with, so... meh. Its usage seems to be rather inconsistent.

 

[viole]

Doesn't exist or unknown?
God is defined as the one that is not yet known so far and is vague.
However miracles do happen and people worship God. Many of the individual have personal experience with the God.

I agree; miracles do happen. People worship God A real miracle would be if you guys start believing, at least, in the same god.

Joking aside, personal experiences do not count as evidence. If they did, then abductng aliens, and a whole plethora of weird things, would be supported by evidence,

Especially personal experiences, or relationships. That is obvious considering the divergent views that exist already within the restricted set of Christians. Let alone between Christians and Hindus, or whatever.

Hell/no hell. Weapons/no weapons. Death penalty/no death penalty. Gays/no gays. New earth/old earth. Evolution/ no evolution, etc.

I wonder what they talk about with God during one of those experiences many of them claim to have.

Ciao

- viole

 

[prometheus11]

God is a bundle of the individuals highest ideals. At least if that idea doesn't offend anyone, that is.

 

[Norman]

I want to conclude, what God actually means. Define God.

Norman: God is an English word and I believe that He is a man with a physical body of flesh and bone and has a spirit with-in. He is an exalted being and created all of us. He created our spirits and our physical bodies fashioned after his.

 

[Jiddanand]

God is a bundle of the individuals highest ideals. At least if that idea doesn't offend anyone, that is.

Highest faith.

 

[LuisDantas]

Highest faith.

Quite often, deities are rather blatantly personifications of one's ideals.

I take it that you will not accept understandings of deities that make them human creations?

Your privilege, but that is still a legitimate stance for one to take, and a particularly difficult one to challenge.