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God
God One of the supernatural, divine and usually immortal beings worshipped by followers of polytheistics religion such as those of ancient Greece and Rome. Also, the single supreme being, creator, and mover of the universe, as worshipped by the followers of monotheistic religions such as
Judaism or
Islam.
Allah is God of Islam and
Yahweh is God of Judaism.
Christianity, a monotheistic religion, conceives of one God with three elements – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In
Hinduism,
Brahma is considered the soul of the world, but there are lesser gods. See also
agnosticism;
atheism;
Buddhism;
Deism;
monotheism;
polytheism;
Zeus
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Oh, God!
Magazine article from: USA Today; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Hindu religion has myriad gods and Mormonism claims that each of us can be a god. The ancient Greeks had gods of nature, such as Neptune...statue to the "unknown god" in case they missed one. Their gods had the characteristics...
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God PC's creator
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/23/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...He plays basketball and his name is God. It takes a while to get used to it. They know all about God at Providence College. The same goes for aficionados of Big East basketball. But now God is bigger than that. Providence's basketball...
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God 101: back to school with Julian of Norwich.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...us. She would tell us first of all that what we need is God. God? That may seem a vague and simple-minded answer. But...what to do with those resources in order to seek and find God. Julian would assure us that these resources are ones we...
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God's refining love.(BIBLE STUDY)
Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the earth laid bare, healing balm, and land to which God holds the deed. Jeremiah was at work from 628 to 586 B...of Jeremiah ... depicts the alienation of people from God, God's unceasing attempts to bring them back to [Godself...
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God, A Biography.
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...influence of neighboring gods on Israelite conceptions...influences are conflicts within God himself. For his biography...Thou Shalt Not Kill." God chooses the Israelite...armies worshiping different gods to destroy them. This...not until Isaiah does God show any love for humans...
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God and the terrorist attacks
Magazine article from: USA Today; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...mean the same thing by the idea of God. Certain eastern religions-such...conceptions of the Deity. If we study the God idea in the West, we see considerable...Old Testament, there were many gods, but Yahweh, the god of Abraham, was the most powerful...
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God's blessings in the flesh.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...creation in self-imposed humility? God's self-limitation, God's "self-humiliation," as...that willingness and capacity of God which lights all the predicates...of the true Godhead. "False gods are all reflections of a false...
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God will protect people who are true to His word.(NATION)(THE CAPITAL PULPIT)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...Va. In Jeremiah 1, we are told that God has Jeremiah's life, soul, actions and ministry under his microscope. What will God do with such information? He will empower...the lips runs through these verses. But God told Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee In...
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GOD AS MOTHER IN POST-BLACK DEATH ENGLISH MYSTICAL TEXTS1
Magazine article from: Magistra; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...understandably, questioned the presence of God. With the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague...civil unrest, regression, and a sense of God's wrath and withdrawal. English Christians faced the difficult task of searching for God amidst the chaos and death. In response...
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God's folly & the weakness of wisdom.
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Greeks. Even now, when surveys indicate the vast majority of people believe in God (or, at least, a god or gods), the cross is foolish to those who think of God as the unmoved mover or the supreme idea but not one who took on human form and...
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God and Gods
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
183. God and Gods See also 59. BUDDHISM ; 69. CATHOLICISM...absolute denial of the existence of God or any other gods. —atheist, n. —...adj. misotheism Rare. a hatred of gods or God. Mithraism an oriental mystery cult...
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God
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...fate: he dialed the number and, the gods relenting, got through at once. 3. ( god ) an adored, admired, or influential...supreme importance appropriate to a god: don't make money your god. 4. ( the gods ) inf. the gallery in a theater...
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God, Existence of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
God, Existence of Most theists tend to think of God as the Supreme Being. Human knowledge and power are strictly limited, while God is omniscient and omnipotent. But humans are beings and God is a vastly superior being. Hence human beings exist...
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Greek gods of mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Greek gods of mythology Aeolus: God of the winds Aphrodite: Goddess...the rainbow; messenger of the gods Morpheus: God of dreams Nemesis: Goddess of...of the sea Rhea: Mother of the gods Uranus: God of the sky Zeus: Overlord of the...
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Playing God
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Playing God The phrase "playing God" is not a theological term; rather, it derives from secular culture...uncontrollable by human remedy. The commandment against playing God appears most frequently at the intersection where new developments...
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