Or Grand Old Daddy.. What is a god? God is the voice of our subconscious mind, the bicameral mind of ancient men heard voice in their head, their primitive mind communicating with their subconsciousness since they didn't have the knowledge that they were basically schizophrenics these voices were the gods, then men evolved a consciousness and the voices became silent, men created their gods out of chaos.. Well that's just my version read the research of the bicameral mentality by Dr Julian Jaynes, you'll get a clue what a god is. http://www.bizcharts.com/stoa_del_sol/conscious/conscious3.html http://deoxy.org/alephnull/jaynes.htm http://www.julianjaynes.org/bicameralmind.php
In the old polytheisms, it was not a matter of the many aspects of "the One God" but of many very different gods competing with each other. Since there is no scientific evidence "spirits" exist, monotheisms are more advanced, that is, they are more ACCURATE, than the old polytheisms. The fewer the "spirits" believed in, in the human historical mainstream, the more advanced the civilization. This is social evolution. charles, http://humanpurpose.simplenet.com
I am God.. I love ya'll so much I might not even BBQ you in Hell for eternity....maybe. Jesus freaks stand in single file for an opportunity to kiss my ass.
there are however unique positions given to monotheistic understandings of god, and not merely the linguistic sense in which the word appears - eg - cause of all causes, fully independent, possessor of all opulences, etc etc
