Shared Traits of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish Interpretations of Their Common God, and the Logical Testing of the Validity of His Existence By That Definition

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SHARED TRAITS OF THE CHRISTIAN, ISLAMIC AND JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS OF THEIR COMMON GOD, AND THE LOGICAL TESTING OF THE VALIDITY OF HIS EXISTENCE BY THAT DEFINITION

Is there a God? Well, that depends. Which god are you talking about? Zeus? Odin? Isis? Jehovah? Allah? Yahweh? The Trinity?

The last four are in fact the same God, worshipped by four different groups. Jehovah and the Trinity are both worshipped by Christian sects, Allah by Muslims, and Yahweh by Jews. Each group disagrees with each other group about the particulars concerning their God, but all agree on the basics. The following is a breakdown of the definition of God which all three monotheistic (only one god exists) religions. Since these are the Big Three religions of the world, and they all look to the same God, I will try to logically deduce whether this God can indeed exist. The other three gods are by and large no longer worshipped, so I can save an analysis of their existence for another day. As for the hundreds of other gods worshipped throughout the world, there is not space enough here to consider them. Again, they will have to wait for a later analysis.

God - (n) A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the Universe (see definition below), the principle object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.

He is:

  • Perfect 
  •  Has no flaws 
  •  Has no needs 
  •  Has no wants 
  • Is in all ways good 
  •  What he creates is good at the time of its creation, but is capable of becoming evil over time, else evil would not exist. 
  •  Ever-present (exists simultaneously in every point in space and every point in time) 
  •  Transcendental (exists separately from the material universe)
  •  Omnipotent
  • Created the Universe
  •  Universe (n) 1. All existing things regarded as a whole. All that exists. 2a. The Earth, 2b. The human race.
  • Can create matter and energy
  • Can create non-physical (supernatural) substances
  • Can create life in both of the above mediums 
  • Will Destroy the World
  • The Universe will remain; only the Earth will be destroyed. 
  • Ability to destroy matter, energy and supernatural substances is implied but not stated 
  •  Omniscient 
  • Has infinite wisdom 
  • Has infinite knowledge 
  • Has infinite perception 
  • Demands Service 
  • Has a chosen people 
  • Grants free will, but demands total obedience 
  • Is forgiving of the repentant, but merciless to the sinner 
  • Will sit in judgment of all souls 
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  •  Knows all of the deeds of his creations, and thus is the only person fit to judge his creations 
  • Will cast guilty souls into Hell
  • Will take righteious souls to Heaven

Given this definition of God and the definition of the Universe, one can logically deduce whether God is or is not. We will follow, among other ideas, the stipulation made by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle through his literary creation Sherlock Holmes:

"That process starts upon the supposition that when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ...

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