Talk:God/Archive 6

message: ok. at the moment there is this disclaimer: This article is not about the concept of gods, goddesses and deities in general.. It's fair enought to have the main articles deity, goddess, and to make this article mainly about capital-G "God" (i.e. monotheistic god). But we cannot possibly give an account of any historical depth without referring to polytheism. Why, already the etymology section is forcibly at variance with the disclaimer. I suggest therefore we remove the disclaimer, and make a short History of Monotheism (or similar) section. After that, much material should be exported to main articles, such as to Names of God, Proofs of God's existence etc. where we can give more detail. The article will still be about capital-G-God, but even this reduced focus cannot be exhaustively covered in a single article. dab 10:34, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand that perfectly, but what I do hear (splitting off smaller articles, maintaining a focus on the monotheistic God, providing some explanation of / comparison w polytheism, etc.. ) I agree with. Sam [Spade] 19:59, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The article already links to "main articles" in some sections (such as God#The existence of God).  However these sections could and should probably be shortened and merged if necessary into their main articles.  --Whosyourjudas (talk) 21:33, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: article focus!

message: Hey, I was just wandering by and thought the opening paragraph could use a little tweaking. It's nothing substantial (I don't think), but there seems to be a bit of tension on this page, and I didn't want to accidentally cause a revert war. Here's my suggested text:
God is a term referring to a supreme being, generally believed to be the ruler or creator of, and/or immanent within, the universe. The concept of a singular God is characteristic of monotheism, but it is not always possible to draw a sharp distinction between some forms of monotheism and some forms of polytheistic (see also Henotheism).
Happy editing,  -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 23:19, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I incorporated it, w a subtle distinction. Cheers, Thomas Jefferson for President 23:52, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening para 

message: this section should maybe have its title changed, maybe to "theology" as it deals with theology, i.e. classification of different conceptions to be discussed in the following sections.
: Theism: belief in God or gods.  Someone seems to have inserted a lot of information on the catholic belief system.  Should it not  go elsewhere, since Theism is a very, very broad umbrella and not all Theists have similar conceptions of their gods?  Don't delete the part, just move it to a more appropriate place, and have the basic definition of Theism that everyone should agree on.  The Rev of Bru
::section renamed. Bru's suggestion remains unanswered. It may have to do with the different meanings of theism, or with confusion of deism with theism. dab 17:11, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: theology

message: list of conceptions, roughly historical. It should be cleaned up, e.g. the Hindu terms should get their own subsection.
dab 07:59, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps a little more information on the Biblical section, regarding God having emotions, etc? The Rev of Bru
====unity or trinity====
this section should in my view be merged with the following section, as it is already about particular "conceptions of God". — nobody objected, so I did it. dab 17:11, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: conceptions of god

message: this section should in my view be merged with the following section, as it is already about particular "conceptions of God". — nobody objected, so I did it. dab 17:11, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: unity or trinity