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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->god ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gd)
n.
God
A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.
A very handsome man.
A powerful ruler or despot.
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[Middle English, from Old English. See gheu()- in Indo-European Roots.]
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
God
In addition to the idioms beginning with god, also see act of god; for god's sake; honest to god; lap of the gods; mills of gods grind slowly; my god; put the fear of god in; so help me (god); thank god; there but for the grace of god; tin god.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
god
n 1: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions [syn: God, Supreme Being] 2: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity, immortal] 3: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" 4: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: idol, graven image]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
god
(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is
the rendering (1) of the Hebrew _'El_, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of
_'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim_. The singular form, _Eloah_, is used only in poetry.
The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew
word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the
Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD,"
printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the
Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth
is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1). The arguments generally
adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are: (1.) The a priori
argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
(2.) The a posteriori
argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes.
These arguments are, (a) The cosmological, by which it is proved that there must
be a First Cause of all things, for every effect must have a cause. (b) The
teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of
an intelligent Cause in nature. © The moral argument, called also the
anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of
mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained
on the supposition of the existence of God. Conscience and human history
testify that "verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth." The attributes
of God are set forth in order by Moses in Ex. 34:6,7. (see also Deut. 6:4;
10:17; Num. 16:22; Ex. 15:11; 33:19; Isa. 44:6; Hab. 3:6; Ps. 102:26; Job
34:12.) They are also systematically classified in Rev. 5:12 and 7:12. God's
attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his
essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him
with relation to his creatures. Others distinguish them into communicable,
i.e., those which can be imparted in degree to his creatures: goodness,
holiness, wisdom, etc.; and incommunicable, which cannot be so imparted:
independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity. They are by some also
divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral,
holiness, goodness, etc.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->god ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gd)
n.
God
A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.
A very handsome man.
A powerful ruler or despot.
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[Middle English, from Old English. See gheu()- in Indo-European Roots.]
[Download or Buy Now]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
God
In addition to the idioms beginning with god, also see act of god; for god's sake; honest to god; lap of the gods; mills of gods grind slowly; my god; put the fear of god in; so help me (god); thank god; there but for the grace of god; tin god.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
god
n 1: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions [syn: God, Supreme Being] 2: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity, immortal] 3: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" 4: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: idol, graven image]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
god
(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is
the rendering (1) of the Hebrew _'El_, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of
_'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim_. The singular form, _Eloah_, is used only in poetry.
The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew
word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the
Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD,"
printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the
Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth
is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1). The arguments generally
adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are: (1.) The a priori
argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
(2.) The a posteriori
argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes.
These arguments are, (a) The cosmological, by which it is proved that there must
be a First Cause of all things, for every effect must have a cause. (b) The
teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of
an intelligent Cause in nature. © The moral argument, called also the
anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of
mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained
on the supposition of the existence of God. Conscience and human history
testify that "verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth." The attributes
of God are set forth in order by Moses in Ex. 34:6,7. (see also Deut. 6:4;
10:17; Num. 16:22; Ex. 15:11; 33:19; Isa. 44:6; Hab. 3:6; Ps. 102:26; Job
34:12.) They are also systematically classified in Rev. 5:12 and 7:12. God's
attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his
essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him
with relation to his creatures. Others distinguish them into communicable,
i.e., those which can be imparted in degree to his creatures: goodness,
holiness, wisdom, etc.; and incommunicable, which cannot be so imparted:
independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity. They are by some also
divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral,
holiness, goodness, etc.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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what are you talking about?
i think you're just rambling and not really thinking about what you're saying, so i'll leave it to you to explain what ever brought that crack-brained idea into your head before i say anything else.
By which I mean, perhaps if we knew what kida is trying to prove, we would be able to formulate better responses.
Just slightly disgruntled with this part...I mean 'especially a male deity'? What the [bleep]? Apparently Athena, Venus, Shiva and others are overshadowed by the likes of Zeus, Mars and Poseidon. Bah.
Still, this is the worst way to start a discussion thread I've ever seen. Maybe we're supposed to nit-pick the grammar from dictionary.com?
I was pretty sure in the new world of Women's rights Christianity there's some sect that holds God to be unisex or female, and not male as the 'He' in the bibles would seem to indicate. Like that one part in Dogma (check your Comedy Central listings for it) goes over.
I don't know the intricacies of Hinduism, but I'm pretty sure Shiva is a pretty important part of it. I'm also pretty sure (but have no evidence to back it up) that there were some female dominant cultures north of the black sea in Roman times, which almost definitely had only female gods.
I still think it's pretty stupid to throw 'especially a male deity' which can be omitted without any change to the actual definition. The same way people call actors actors quite often and not actors and actresses.
*ahem* Since gender without procreation is utterly meaningless, God's gender does not matter, nor is it defineable.
*sits down and looks smug*
Oh wait, there's that whole Jesus thing. But she was still a virgin, no? So conception did not occur through standard procedure. Thus, God has no ****. (Wow, even that is censored? How will we discuss medicine?)
*is struck by lightning*
My thoughts exactly.
<span style='color:red'>***Locked.***</span>