Quote Originally Posted by The Celtic Viking View Post
What? "Is"? I'm afraid I don't quite understand. What is "is"? Do you mean "is" as I just used it? If so, that doesn't seem to make sense. Explain.

What? Are you saying that "god", whatever it is, is ineffable? Then that's not a definition. That's an excuse for not giving a definition.

I meant that the definition should be rational and coherent, not that the "god" (whatever it is) must be.

Simply put, I want to know what you mean when you say "god". If there is no definition for it, then the word means absolutely nothing.
Well, He IS, any human definition would be inaccurate, so there's no point. "rational" and "coherent" are two human concepts, to constrain God within them is therefore pointless.

It's rather like asking a painting to define its painter, except it really isn't. It's not like asking a child to define its parent, either.