[coLLege kid07]

Originally Posted by pianoperformer

These vague definitions of God really annoy me. I could call my house God and be no better or worse off for it, except that some people might consider me a little out there. As far as I know, every culture, whether they were monotheistic or polytheistic, believed in anthropomorphic gods. When we spout these cliches like, "God is love," it reduces the definition to essentially, nothing.

That's probably why I have so much trouble with defending my position over in the "Does God exist?" thread, because people all have different ideas of God! So I say, "God doesn't exist, because..." and they say, "but that's not how I think of God." And I essentially say, I don't care. That's how countless cultures throughout history have defined God. I can't just one day redefine the word "pizza," can I? If someone tells me that pizza is bad for me, but then I say, "that's not how I define pizza," they are likely not to care, because that's how nearly everyone else on Earth defines pizza.

I'd say it depends on the perception that you're using to defend all the things you are defending. Same with everyone else. All their "positions" expand from perceptions that they are defending and so on. Including me. So what do you think about that?