God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. Conceptions of God vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all. God - Definition. God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and interest in, the happenings of this world and the lives of those in it. Metaphors for God's relationship t ...

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• God - Concept of God
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• God - Etymology
• God - Capitalization
• God - Names of God
• God - History of monotheism
• God - Theology
• God - Conceptions of God
• God - Abrahamic conceptions
• God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism
• God - Christian Monism
• God - The Ultimate
• God - Aristotelian definition of God
• God - Modern views
• God - Notes and references
• God - Popular Culture

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God-within

The divine spark confined within matter which, in time, evolving disciples realize and honor with total allegiance

(See also: God-within, Body Mind and Soul)

The noun God is the proper English name used for the deity of monotheistic faiths. Different names for God exist within different religious traditions: Allah is the unique name of God used in Islam, and also by most non-Muslim Arabs. ilah, cognate to northwest Semitic El, is the generic word for a God (any deity), Allah contains the article, literally "The God". Also, when speaking in English, Muslims often translate "Allah" as "God". Yahweh Hebrew: 'YHVH' (יהוה), Elohim, and Jehovah are some of the na ...

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What Is God's Real Form?

Does God have a form or is He formless? Adi Sankara preferred a formless God while Ramanujacharya believed that He was both with and without form.

Ramana Maharshi realised the Inner Divine Self by enquiring, ''Who am I?'' Vivekananda was not for dualism, of seeing God in an image. But when Ramakrishna Paramhansa touched his chest to indicate the divinity within, Vivekananda began to 'see' God in every thing - living or non-living.

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The City of God (Latin: De Civitate Dei, also known as De Civitate Dei contra Paganos: The City of God against the Pagans) is a book written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century, dealing with issues concerning God, martyrdom, Jews, and other Christian philosophies. Augustine wrote the treatise to explain Christianity's relationship with competing religions and philosophies, and to the Roman government with which it was increasingly intertwined. It was written s ...

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Parameshwara, also transliterated from Sanskrit in various other ways, literally means the Supreme God. The word "param" meaning the highest is added to Ishwara to intensify the title of God. See Ishvara. Other related archivesGod, Ishvara, Ishwara, Sanskrit

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War Gods is a video fighting game, created by Midway Games and released in arcades and evetually on the Nintendo 64 in the late 1990s. The game is very similar to Midway's more famous Mortal Kombat series in featuring lots of gore and horrific fatalities. The array of playable characters feature gods (or, more accurately, immortals). The most famous featured character in the game is Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian god of death. Other characters are more reminiscent of Roman gods such as "Maximus", the skeletal "Voodoo", the more c ...

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In Akkadian mythology, Zu (called Anzu in Persia and Sumer) was a lesser god, the son of the bird goddess Siris. Both Zu and Siris are seen as massive birds who can breathe fire and water, although Zu is alternately seen as a lion-headed eagle (compare with the griffin). Zu was a servant of the chief sky god, Enlil. He stole the Tablets of Fate from his master, hoping to determine the fate of all things. In one version of the story, the gods sent Lugalbanda to retrieve the tablets, and he, in turn, killed Zu. In another, ...

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Conversations with God is a three-part dialogue written by Neale Donald Walsch that he claims to have channelled during the 1990s. (It has since been expanded by the author, though the original trilogy remains central.) The books outline the principles of God, ethics, metaphysics and the nature of reality in the format of a continuing dialogue between God and the author. In the dialogue many philosophical ideas are presented that had already been advanced earlier by major western thinkers ...

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The Ashwini Gods in Hinduism are twin Devas who are exceptionally beautiful, skilled and attractive. In the epic Mahabharata, Pandu's second wife Madri asks the Ashwini Gods for a child. As they are twins, so Madri bears twin brothers, the youngest of the Pandavas, Nakula and Sahadeva. They are the extension of the Ashwini twins, extremely beautiful and attractive, and skilled warriors. Shruti (primary scriptures): Vedas | Upanishads | Bhagavad Git

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!Xu is arguably the main god of the Bushmen of southern Africa. He is considered benevolent and all-powerful supreme being. He is also the sky god to whom the souls of the dead go. He is said to "summon the magicians to their profession, and gives them supernatural powers." The Bushmen add that he provides the rain and is invoked in illness, before hunting and before traveling. Other related archivesAfrica, Bushmen

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In the religion of the Bushongo people, Bumba is the creator god. Bumba dwelt in the primordial waters and vomited up the sun, moon, stars, animals, and men. He also showed man how to make fire. Other related archivesBushongo, animals, men, moon, stars, sun, vomited

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The chief deity in Egyptian mythology, Ra, when considered as a sun god, was thought to traverse the daily sky in a boat, and cross the underworld at night in another, named Meseket. As the mythology developed, so did the idea that Meseket was controlled by a separate ferryman, who became known as Aken. In their mythology, the underworld was composed of the general area, named Duat, and a more pleasant area to which the morally righteous were permitted, named Aaru. At this point in history, Anubis had become merely the god of e ...

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"Other deities worshipped at Ugarit were El Shaddai, El Elyon, and El Berith. All of these names are applied to Yahweh by the writers of the Old Testament. What this means is that the Hebrew theologians adopted the titles of the Canaanite gods and attributed them to Yahweh in an effort to eliminate them. If Yahweh is all of these there is no need for the Canaanite gods to exist! This process is known as assimilation." [1] In his euhemeristic account of the Phoenician deities, Sanchuniathon says: In their time is bo ...

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Many arguments about the existence of God have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and other thinkers. This article lists some of the more common arguments, especially those covered in the area of philosophy of religion. In philosophical terminology, this article introduces schools of thought on the epistemology of the ontology of God. Existence of God - What is God? Definition of God's existence. See main articles: Definition, God, Deity, Ontology What does it mean to ass ...

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• Existence of God - Theism
• Existence of God - Atheism
• Existence of God - Agnosticism
• Existence of God - Arguments for the existence of God
• Existence of God - Inductive arguments for
• Existence of God - Subjective arguments for
• Existence of God - Arguments against the existence of God
• Existence of God - Notes

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This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional religious views, and modern views of these faiths, especially as to how modern feminism has influenced the theology of these religions. For the discussion of the topic in Hinduism, see Hindu views on God and gender. Monotheists hold a belief in one God as a fundamental religious principle. In Judaism and Islam, God is believed to be sexless, but has been traditionally referr ...

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• God and gender - God in the Hebrew Bible
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• God and gender - Christian views of God and gender
• God and gender - Mormon views
• God and gender - Translating the names of God into English
• God and gender - Third person pronouns: He She or It?
• God and gender - Mankind and Humankind
• God and gender - New translation solutions
• God and gender - Criticism of feminine reconstructions of theology
• God and gender - Bibliography

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The United Church of God (UCG) was formed after a doctrinal dispute within the Worldwide Church of God (originally incorporated as the Radio Church of God). As an International Association, UCG has members worldwide. In early May of 2005, the United Church of God Council of Elders named Clyde Kilough as the new president to replace Roy Holladay. United Church of God - Government. The United Church of God is governed by a 12-man Council of Elders. Those serving on the Council of Elders are chos ...

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When God Was a Woman is the U.S. title of a book (©1976 ISBN 0-15-696158-X) published earlier in the U.K. as The Paradise Papers. Written by sculptor and art history professor Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman attempts to uncover an earlier time in the history of Judaism and sister ancient religions, when it was the Goddess - not the God - who was the principal deity. Stone discusses the rise of mysogyny and hatred of goddess worship within Israelite society and makes connections there from to the later ...

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There are numerous, mostly unrelated bodies in the United States and other English-speaking countries that are denominated the Church of God, including: Church of God - 7th Day Churches of God. These groups put strong emphasis on the biblical seventh day of weekly worship, the Sabbath. They are referred to as Sabbatarian. The Sabbath is defined as the seventh day of the week, and corresponds to modern time as from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset. Biblical Church of God Body of Christ ...

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• Church of God - 7th Day Churches of God
• Church of God - Anabaptist
• Church of God - Iglesia Ni YHWH at ni YHWSA HMSYH
• Church of God - Mormon
• Church of God - Pentecostal
• Church of God - Pietist/Holiness movement

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This article describes the beliefs and the faith of the new religious movement the Family formerly called the Children of God, that was founded by the American David Berg in 1968, and is as of 2005 led by Karen Zerby. The Children of God were part of the Jesus Movement of late the 1960s. Theologians have placed the Family's basic theology within the historical Christian tradition, along with some unorthodox beliefs. The Family International states they believe that the Bible to be the inspired Word of God and sacr ...

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