Bookmark. But I’m not sure this definition of God isn’t so broad as to be inherently undeniable.
I am an atheist. The philosophy of reality I embrace is called Existentialism. Hardly a paradox and certainly not uncommon.
Good article.
God, however, is not only transcendent, but immanent as well. An omnipresent God would be so by definition. And if God is omnipotent and omniscient, then God must be infinite — without boundary or limit. Otherwise, there would be a place to get out of sight of God’s omniscience and away from the power of God’s omnipotence. And that cannot be. So God must be omnipresent as well,which makes God immanent as well as transcendent. God “transcends and includes.”
“WE BELIEVE in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute and self-existent Cause. This One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by Its creation. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.” — Ernest Holmes
Psalm 82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.
“The term divine council is used by Hebrew and Semitics scholars to refer to the heavenly host, the pantheon of divine beings who administer the affairs of the cosmos. All ancient Mediterranean cultures had some conception of a divine council. The divine council of Israelite religion, known primarily through the psalms, was distinct in important ways.”
Michael S. Heiser, “Divine Council,” in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (ed. Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns; Downers Grove, IL; Nottingham, England: IVP Academic; Inter-Varsity Press, 2008), 112.