Can you define God

Answer 1

Yes and no. Every person usually has a personal definition of what "God" means. However, there is no single definition agreed upon by even a simple majority of people.

In the Jewish tradition, G-d is a very powerful being who watches over and judges His chosen people, the Jewish people. There is a Covenant between G-d and the Jewish people, the Torah, which does not apply to non-Jewish people.

In the Christian tradition, God is a unified Trinity composed of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. God is omnipotent, omniscient and generally considered omnibenevolent; in other words, God is all-powerful, all-knowing and the epitome of all that is good in existence. The Christian God is viewed as having authority over all humans regardless of the human's religious beliefs; depending upon the individual denomination, a difference between God's Word as presented in The Bible and a person's religious belief may be considered enough to consign that person to an eternity of damnation in hell.

In the Islamic tradition, God is a single omnipotent, omniscient and generally omnibenevolent being who created existence. The Islamic God is viewed as having authority over all humans regardless of the human's religious beliefs and rejection of Islam is generally considered to be enough to consign that person to an eternity of damnation in hell.

Shifting to Eastern religions, Hinduism describes many Gods, with Shiva being the primary or most influential of them. In Hinduism, time and the world are seen as cyclical - the world has been destroyed and created numerous times and will be again. Individuals are measured and judged at death, and then are reborn into another life based upon that judgement - a good previous life will lead to a better reincarnation, while a bad previous life will lead to a worse reincarnation.

Buddhism describes the existence of gods, but they are simply more powerful human beings that are born, live and die within their own realm of existence. It is possible for a human to be reborn as a god, but this is seen as a punishment, as the gods are unable to achieve enlightenment and escape from the cycle of birth-life-death-rebirth.

As you can see from this extremely limited survey, there are multiple exclusive definitions of "god/God".

Answer 2

God is a supreme being believed to have ultimate power and authority over the universe and humans, often regarded as the creator and ruler of all existence. Views on God vary across different religions and belief systems.