God

From dKosopedia

When capitalized, the word refers to a single supreme being or force responsible for the creation of the universe or having emerged as consciousness in the universe. Some religions recognize multiple gods, some religions recognize none. Monotheists insist on only one god, but often hedge their bets by allowing for the existence of other supernatural beings. Deism holds that God exists but that the evidence for God's acting in history is poor. Some Jews, Christians and Muslims hold that God once acted in history but does so no longer. Other Jews, Christians and Muslims insist that God continues to act in history. Some even claim that God acts in history with the sort of moral purpose that they are capable of recogizing. In effect, they believe that they are capable of recognizing the moral purposes of a being unbound by the physical laws of the universe in either space or time. In some religious traditions such a claim would be understood as an example of the sin of pride. Religious beliefs are often deployed to promote a selective and self serving moralistric rhetoric that permits adherents to escape many of the difficult ethical obligations and civic duties of membership in modern society.