What is the meaning of god?
By barath007
@barath007 (42)
India
August 19, 2010 9:36am CST
Can any one define what exactly god is? I don't understand what is god and who is god?
God is a word that means different things to different people. God is the indescribable, uncreated, self existent, eternal all knowing source of all reality and being. Each religion has its own description for god. Is there any one correct quoting to define god. Common guys! let us start our discussion and lets find out the exact meaning of god.
3 responses
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
19 Aug 10
Great question!!
You answered part of it yourself - many people worship different things, therefore god means different things to different people. For instance there are a lot of people who are always thinking of money. Their whole lives are centered around making a living, earning more money, getting rich and getting more rich. For these people, money is their god.
Then there are people who worship sports figures, musicians or movie and television actors. These people have posters, tee shirts, hats, videos, DVD's and everything else they can get their hands on that have something to do with the ones they constantly think of and live for. For these people, their god is some well know person.
The list goes on.
However, the definition that is most worthy to me personally has to do with God Almighty, Creator of all that is good. I was reading an article in a recent Watchtower magazine. The first series of articles had to do with God and His name. In the first century, Christians used God's name. In a portion of the Greek Septuagint dating back to the first century B.C.E. the Greek text showed four Hebrew letters, YHWH. The most commonly used pronunciation for these letters is Jehovah. The name Jehovah literally means, He causes to become. In other words, He causes to become whatever He has to in order to fulfill His purpose.
There is so much we can learn from this God, the Creator. If you take some time and look at the beauty that surrounds us, the animal life, plants, flowers, the landscape, the oceans and the gorgeous night sky blanketed with millions of stars, then you'll begin to understand the God of love.
Do Jehovah's Witnesses come to your home? If they do, ask them your question - What is the meaning of god? They will be so happy to help you get a satisfying answer.
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
20 Aug 10
Hello again and thank you for the nice mark on my response. 
I know that it can be challenging to try to describe something that you can not see. It's true that no one can see God and live because of His supreme power.
There were followers of God's Son, Jesus, who were just as interested as you are in having God defined. They wanted to know Him intimately. Since Jesus spent eons of time with his Heavenly Father, it was safe to say that Jesus was very much like his Father. In fact he said to his followers, 'if you've seen me, you've seen the Father'. That's how close God and His Son were and still are.
So the easiest way for us to truly get to know God the Father of all things and learn the definition of God is by getting to know His Son, Jesus. If you have a copy of the Bible, read the 4 Gospel accounts : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. There's a lot we can learn about the Son and therefore we learn a lot about God too.
I know that it can be challenging to try to describe something that you can not see. It's true that no one can see God and live because of His supreme power.
There were followers of God's Son, Jesus, who were just as interested as you are in having God defined. They wanted to know Him intimately. Since Jesus spent eons of time with his Heavenly Father, it was safe to say that Jesus was very much like his Father. In fact he said to his followers, 'if you've seen me, you've seen the Father'. That's how close God and His Son were and still are.
So the easiest way for us to truly get to know God the Father of all things and learn the definition of God is by getting to know His Son, Jesus. If you have a copy of the Bible, read the 4 Gospel accounts : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. There's a lot we can learn about the Son and therefore we learn a lot about God too.
@lostgirl201 (102)
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19 Aug 10
actualy, i cant even describe who God is, because i can actually feel Him..try not to ask so many questions..seek Him..read your bible then obey..have Faith..God is coming your way..:)) God bless!
