God

God

God usually refers to the single deity in monotheism or the monist deity in pantheism. God is often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of humans and the universe. Theologians have ascribed a variety of attributes to the many different conceptions of God. The most common among these include omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.

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Famous quotes containing the word god:

    Then God spoke to me and said:
    People say only good things about Christmas.
    If they want to say something bad,
    they whisper.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    To say God spake or appeared as he is in his own nature, is to deny his Infiniteness, Invisibility, Incomprehensibility.
    Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

    I will take a crowbar
    and pry out the broken
    pieces of God in me.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)