What is a god?

[Johnny Stooge]

Simply because they couldn't or wern't allowed?

Well, what would you define a god as?

 

[Phoenix]

Sometimes, they simply couldn't. Many babies are hidden from the gods as such.

To me, a god is a being above human with his own source of power.

 

[Johnny Stooge]

with his own source of power

Further explanation please.

 

[Phoenix]

See, in Judeo-christian mythology, the Devil, angels and the like have power only because God allows it. These are not gods, they're merel tools.

 

[Johnny Stooge]

(I've been wanting to bring this up, as childish it may seem, but I think it fits in with the subject.)

According to your definition, wouldn't that make Superman a god?

 

[Phoenix]

No, he gets his powers from a yellow Sun.

 

[Eclipse]

A god is something you worship. Simple as that, your god can even be t.v. if it takes over your whole life. =/

 

[Phoenix]

Not really. We're talking about mythology and definitions here. A TV is an electronic appliance, regardless of what the viewer does with it.

 

[Alaude Drenxta]

I worship myself Eclipse, that makes me a God, right?

I worship Phoenix too, he is now a God.

See my point?

 

[Eclipse]

I worship myself Eclipse, that makes me a God, right?

That makes you your god. =/

I worship Phoenix too, he is now a God.

That means you think of him as a god.

If you're thinking in mythological definitions as what a deity is though, that's a different story somewhat =/

 

[Phoenix]

But see, there's no such thing as "your god" here, you're either a god or you're not, there's no such thing as "sort of god".

 

[quitejaded]

I believe a God should be something with a considerable amount of control, power or oversight on the entities in his realm. He doesn't have to be the creator.

Ooh, like telepaths, or ghosts.

Pho...

Telepaths and ghosts are not defying science.

First of all, there are a few logical and supposed explainations for telepathy. It's something usually taken for fantasy and not much is done to actually figure it out, if its there at all.

Same with ghosts.

Why are you even bringing them up? The person didn't say anything like that.

 

[Phoenix]

I believe a God should be something with a considerable amount of control, power or oversight on the entities in his realm. He doesn't have to be the creator.

The Devil be praised. God of Sin.

Pho...

Telepaths and ghosts are not defying science.

HAHAHAHAHA!

First of all, there are a few logical and supposed explainations for telepathy. It's something usually taken for fantasy and not much is done to actually figure it out, if its there at all.

Example, please?

Same with ghosts.

Do you know what consciousness is, QJ? Now do you know where consciousness resides? The brain.

Now tell me of a scientist who can prove the minds doesn't exist in the brain, seeing as how a ghost would have *no* brain.

Why are you even bringing them up? The person didn't say anything like that.

Geez, QJ, the person said a being who can manipulate reality and defy science is a god, so I mentioned 2 things that manipulate reality and defy science to prove it wrong.

Try to keep up.

 

[quitejaded]

Phoenix, ghosts and telepathy do not manipulate reality...

 

[Phoenix]

No? Thinking without a brain, or magically picking up on though through matter is not an alteration of reality?

 

[Phantom000]

Pheonix, in order to accurately explain what an alteration of reality is, you'd first have to define reality. Could you do so?

 

[Alaude Drenxta]

Reality - Noun - What is real; a world where logic dictates all processes.

GETPWN.

 

[MESMAR_RISING]

I spent some time reading about this(because I was feeling somewhat bored) and came across this definition:

"deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force"

That would include both the myths of gods(as many of them were personifications of some force that people attempted to explain) as well as some of the more popular gods("God" etc...). Given the fact that I was raised as a catholic(even though I don't consider myself a catholic) and that I have more knowledge on Catholicism as opposed to most other religions, I'll use examples from this to explain how this definition could apply.

God is the personification, made by those who pioneered this religion, of "good."

Satan would then be the personification of "evil."

Though there is said to be only one god in the Catholic religion, any being that has the ability to oppose a supposedly all-powerful being such as "God" would have to also be a god(at least in my opinion).

Anyways, that's what I think...

 

[Phoenix]

The Devil fits that definition, you know.

 

[MESMAR_RISING]

The Devil fits that definition, you know.

Satan would then be the personification of "evil."

Though there is said to be only one god in the Catholic religion, any being that has the ability to oppose a supposedly all-powerful being such as "God" would have to also be a god(at least in my opinion).

I'm assuming that you're comment was directed to me. The part after mentioning Satan as the personification of evil was to say that I believe that the devil should be categorized as a god because it personifies evil, just as in contrast the one known as God would be categorized as a god because it is the personification of evil.