On 1/12/2013 3:44 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 12 Jan 2013, at 07:00, John Clark wrote:
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Jason Resch <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> He [me] would rather avoid those topics altogether and take solace in
denying
specific instances of inconsistent or silly definitions of God.
All I ask is a definition of God that has 2 attributes:
1) It is not silly or inconsistent.
You ask already a lot.
2) There is no other word except G-O-D that works as well.
And when 99.9% of the religious use the word "God" they mean a omnipotent omniscient
being who created the universe,
I am not sure of that. Even restricting ourself to Abramanic religion. The beliefs are
quite variate on this.
Here's the statement of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest protestant sect in
the U.S.
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There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and
personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is
infinite in holiness and all other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing; and
His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the
future decisions of His free creatures. To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and
obedience. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow
of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful,
all knowing, all loving, and all wise. God is Father in truth to those who become children
of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
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Or see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attributes_of_God_in_Christianity
and
http://preceptaustin.org/notes_for_attributes_of_god_%28ii%29.htm
Brent
"Those who object to the punishment of heresy are like dogs
and swine,"
--- John Calvin
Bruno
and when non-religious people say they believe in God they mean they believe in the
word G-O-D and that's it.
John K Clark
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