Can You define God?

The issue is settled based on ones individual beliefs. What makes you think that a human could establish the existence of God? We simply do not have that power. God either exists or He(She,It) doesn't...irregardless of our attempts to define such a concept or the absence thereof. Since we don't know either way, the premise of a topic such as this one is that God does exist. Go ahead, make one up if you cant conceive of It. Then you can join the conversation. Personally, I would like to believe that God exists, that God is alone the only entity that has the knowledge of the universe (or multi-verses) at His disposal, or in His database or whatever. Of course I believe that good is more powerful than evil and that God is good.

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...i dint mention it but since you bring it up what is wrong with worshipping Satan as the one and only god.

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Some say that humans tend to worship their own collective and individual intellect as the one true god, though they don't consciously see it as an act of worship but, rather, as a celebration of independence and destiny.In my belief, God has chosen to have a relationship of sorts with me and with any other human so willing to accept a logically foolish premise. Why College Students Are Losing Their Religion I will admit to a bias favoring the existence of God. What many of my critics wont admit is a bias against any possibility of His/Her/Its existence above and beyond their imagination. They simply deify their own common sense.

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don't believe in God personally but for the sake of discussion, I will concede that he does exist for the simple fact how can there be any kind of in-depth discussion on God if we are still arguing weather God exists or not.

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Here is an argument. IF intelligence exists, I propose that it is logical for a supreme intelligence to exist. It makes no sense to me that the universe basically evolves by sheer chance and then compresses back in on itself to start over infinitely. That makes no sense.

Good point. The inference is on a Creator, and we would like for such a Being(if it exists) to be well qualified in order to create a universe and be capable of knowing every living thing intimately. Infinity is a preferred characteristic of such a Being.

are you implying that GOD, if God exists, is radically different from what we likely would prefer?

Well if so, this is a profound and sobering reality. Humans have always sought belief and confirmation of favorable gods and not unfavorable ones. Much of modern Christianity is adamant that God loves us and desires the very best for us.Even if God did not exist, we humans collectively also want what is best for us as a species, though we often fight over limited resources and want for our own over the needs of others.Phil 2:3 says Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.Thus our holy books, whether written by God or by man tell us the greater good. Sometimes I imagine God sitting on the sidelines telling us "You can do it! I believe in you" .....which puts a load of responsibility on humanities back. Will we blow ourselves up, go through a great depression, or will we make it?I still prefer the idea of a God who helps us, however.

Unfortunately, it also presupposes pantheism.

Assuming that ifGod exists that He wants what is best for humanity, what would be the possible motive for "hiding"?

Good point. Perhaps we want our definition of God to be omni everything, but perhaps this God was only temporary. Now what?Edited by Phat, : spelling

OK...so I have two questions for you, tangle.
1) Hypothetically, would you want a God to exist? If so, what attributes would He/She/It have?2) If you did not want or need a God to exist,but it were revealed that one or more did, what academic interest would you have in discovering/describing/interacting with He/She/It/Them?

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Assuming that God does exist are you happy with the god you've got? Or would you hope for something better from a supreme being?

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I always hope for better. More precisely, i believe that what I have got in terms of character is as good as it gets, but what I hope for in blessing can always improve.

Thats why God became man. He did the downsizing for us so that we could conceive of Him being close to us. Why is that concept so hard to grasp? Although to be fair, I would not limit God to Jesus the man. I just feel that now I have an envoy.

And yet Jesus was unafraid of idolatry when He simply called God His Father. He knew all of the rules. So why was He so intimate with this vast all powerful Deity? And why was He unafraid of committing idolatry? He apparently knew God quite well.....

My point is that if it was good enough for Jesus...we shouldn't worry about following His example, unless you are prepared to make the assertion that Christ Himself was a bit crazy.To place God on some pedestal as totally unapproachable and forever mysterious and unconfirmed only leaves humans with no Deity at all.

Yeah but what good is a religion with no power and no Deity? All we have left is boy scout merit badges...hardly the stuff to follow devoutly.