Dictionary writer's struggle with defining "God"

[Ook]

Found this video of a Merriam-Webster lexicographer sharing about the hardest word to define:

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary God is:

1.  The perfect and all-powerful spirit or being that is worshipped especially by Christians, Jews, and Muslims as the one who created and rules the universe
2. A spirit or being that has great power, strength, knowledge, etc., and that can affect nature and the lives of people : one of various spirits or beings worshipped in some religions
3. a person and especially a man who is greatly loved or admired

Do you think it's accurate?

Edited September 24, 2021 by Ook

[Terell Kirby]

Of course...God cannot be pointed to.

Words are futile in this endeavor.

[Leo Gura]

God:

YOU, the ultimate creator of reality. Love, Infinity, Truth, Consciousness, Everything, Nothing. That which has no other. That which created itself. Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent. Universal Mind. The Absolute. An infinite dreamer.

[mandyjw]

That's awesome. 

define (v.)

late 14c., deffinen, diffinen, "to specify; to fix or establish authoritatively;" of words, phrases, etc., "state the signification of, explain what is meant by, describe in detail," from Old French defenir, definir "to finish, conclude, come to an end; bring to an end; define, determine with precision," and directly from Medieval Latin diffinire, definire, from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (v.)). From c. 1400 as "determine, declare, or mark the limit of." Related: Defined; defining. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=define

Limit infinity. Go on. Go ahead. Do it. Bring it to an end. A CONCLUSIVE END. Right now. Come on. We're waiting. 

 

[Leo Gura]

2 hours ago, mandyjw said:

That's awesome. 

define (v.)

late 14c., deffinen, diffinen, "to specify; to fix or establish authoritatively;" of words, phrases, etc., "state the signification of, explain what is meant by, describe in detail," from Old French defenir, definir "to finish, conclude, come to an end; bring to an end; define, determine with precision," and directly from Medieval Latin diffinire, definire, from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (v.)). From c. 1400 as "determine, declare, or mark the limit of." Related: Defined; defining. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=define

Limit infinity. Go on. Go ahead. Do it. Bring it to an end. A CONCLUSIVE END. Right now. Come on. We're waiting. 

 

Touche

[Jakuchu]

Because in order to define something you need contrast. Without contrast you can not define anything. God is undefined because it is a singularity. Imagine if everything in reality was panited in white. You wouldn't be able to define white as white. Because what creates white is the contrast between white and something non-white