Claim: The Existence of God has been argued through a philosophical argument.

In monotheism , God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith . The concept of God , as described by most theologians , includes the attributes of omniscience -LRB- infinite knowledge -RRB- , omnipotence -LRB- unlimited power -RRB- , omnipresence -LRB- present everywhere -RRB- , divine simplicity , and as having an eternal and necessary existence . Many theologians also describe God as being omnibenevolent -LRB- perfectly good -RRB- and all loving .   God is most often held to be incorporeal -LRB- immaterial -RRB- , and to be without gender , yet the concept of God actively creating the universe -LRB- as opposed to passively -RRB- has caused many religions to describe God using masculine terminology , using such terms as `` Him '' or `` Father '' . Furthermore , some religions -LRB- such as Judaism -RRB- attribute only a purely grammatical `` gender '' to God . Incorporeity and corporeity of God are related to conceptions of transcendence -LRB- being outside nature -RRB- and immanence -LRB- being in nature , in the world -RRB- of God , with positions of synthesis such as the `` immanent transcendence '' of Chinese theology .   God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal . In theism , God is the creator and sustainer of the universe , while in deism , God is the creator , but not the sustainer , of the universe . In pantheism , God is the universe itself . In atheism , God is not believed to exist , while God is deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism . God has also been conceived as the source of all moral obligation , and the `` greatest conceivable existent '' . Many notable philosophers have developed arguments for and against the existence of God .   There are many names for God , and different names are attached to different cultural ideas about God 's identity and attributes . In the ancient Egyptian era of Atenism , possibly the earliest recorded monotheistic religion , this deity was called Aten , premised on being the one `` true '' Supreme Being and creator of the universe . In the Hebrew Bible and Judaism , `` He Who Is '' , `` I Am that I Am '' , and the tetragrammaton YHWH -LRB- , which means : `` I am who I am '' ; `` He Who Exists '' -RRB- are used as names of God , while Yahweh and Jehovah are sometimes used in Christianity as vocalizations of YHWH . In the Christian doctrine of the Trinity , God , consubstantial in three persons , is called the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit . In Judaism , it is common to refer to God by the titular names Elohim or Adonai , the latter of which is believed by some scholars to descend from the Egyptian Aten . In Islam , the name Allah is used , while Muslims also have a multitude of titular names for God . In Hinduism , Brahman is often considered a monistic concept of God . In Chinese religion , God is conceived as the progenitor -LRB- first ancestor -RRB- of the universe , intrinsic to it and constantly ordaining it . Other religions have names for God , for instance , Baha in the Bahá ' í Faith , Waheguru in Sikhism , and Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism .   The many different conceptions of God , and competing claims as to God 's characteristics , aims , and actions , have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism , pandeism , or a perennial philosophy , which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth , of which all religions express a partial understanding , and as to which `` the devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God , but through different , overlapping concepts or mental images of Him . ''