What is God?

What is the ontology of the "god" believers talk about? I've yet to see any believer present a positive, coherent ontology for "god."

Links to the videos in Eightfootmanchild's excellent series on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IyJp5dak9M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT2OylENedo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEVibqv9kh0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10Aq-J0Fdw

My series following up on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFISW7M8uv0

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[kodrabr12]

Don't care it's my opinion :)

[ProfMTH]

@kodrabr12 Well, you know what they say about opinions. ;-)

[kodrabr12]

God is my awesome protector

[ProfMTH]

@kodrabr12 Not really telling me anything.

[kingquaps]

@Leif5592 So 'God' is basically an abstract term for 'stuff'? Its just a multi-purpose noun?

[NoReligionAbuvTruth]

One missed belief about God, The LDS, Mormons, believe God is a resurrected man on a planet near a star named Kolob. They teach He has a body of flesh and bone as tangible as mans, that is in thier book of Doctrine and Covenants, and in thier book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price is the belief of Kolob. The teach "As man is God once was. As God is man may become." Former LDS here, know these beliefs are legit. That should get some talk going. lol

[Leif5592]

I double dare people to read The Seth Material books by Jane Roberts. Or the books of Neale Donald Walsch, especially his first book, because it deals with the origin of God and creation. At least they should make you think...

[Leif5592]

God is "All That Is". A common misconcetion is that people think of God as something separate from us. Like,God is this or that.

God is the sum of everything that ever exist. Notting is "outside" of God. God is what is and what is not. God is what is over there and over here and between here and there.

Where does science come in. It is actually just trying to figure out how it all really works. Look at what science knows now compared to a 100yrs.ago.What will it know in 100yrs.

[insanezenmistress]

@insanezenmistress . BTW i hate that i can neither rate nor edit comments. GRRR bad you tube.

[insanezenmistress]

i really enjoy your videos. This one was thought provoking on different levels too.

But what else plauges me of late is..... is... *blush*

is your name supposed be prmoethious (sp?) and if do would you happen to....ummm

remember the Other dudes name?.....( it began with an O and meant After-thought. and yeah i am too lazy to google it for myself, i prefere conversation)

anyway thanx for the work you do.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@ProfMTH After visiting kodrabr12's channel, suspicion confirmed.

[KayBeeEee1983]

@ProfMTH I suspect he/she is dyslexic and means that his/her dog is the "awesome protector".