What is the true definition of a god?

Why truly defines a god? I mean, If you just have to be immortal, or just have to have people worship you. Because then anyone can be considered a God. What defines a God!??!What is the true definition of a god?
It depends a lot on what kind of approach you take to answering this question. Two of the major ones are what I call the 'school teacher approach' and the 'linguist approach'.





A grade school teacher's job is (in general terms) to impress upon children the rules as laid down in the most proper of formats. It doesn't matter if people regularly ignore the rules in speech or in print; dictionary and textbook definitions are the rule of the day. Many philosophers do the same thing with their notions of god, defining away without any particular reference to practice. But then people's practices can often be sloppy, so these conceptions tend to make a lot more rational sense.





A linguist's job is (in general terms) to just note what everyone does. To derive the rules from the behaviour instead of shaping the behaviour to conform to the rules. If you do the same with the term 'god', you will find that there's not a whole lot of commonality to be had. Some gods are born, some are slain, some die of natural causes, and in some theologies the line between god and not-god is so blurry that it's hard to say exactly where many entities lie.





I think the least we can say about any god is that it is an entity of note and one of power and influence distinct from that of mundane creatures or objects. Much more than that and you'll probably have a protracted debate over the details.What is the true definition of a god?
There is no consistent, singular definition. Like so many other concepts, what is a ';god'; changes from time to time, place to place, and religion to religion.





Some believe that God is a singular entity, others that there are many gods.





Some believe that a god is an immortal being, others believe that gods can be born, die, and even that those born mortal can rise up to become gods (see just about any ancient Greek and Roman mythos, as well as Celtic, Norse, and Egyptian just to name a few and you'll find all sorts of godly wars, deaths, births, promotions, demotions, and replacements).





Some believe gods are eternal and non-changing, while others believe that gods can increase of decrease in power, scope, and domain with time.





Some believe gods are all-powerful (omniscient, omni-present, etc), but others feel that gods are VERY powerful, but have limits to that power.





Some believe gods have physical forms we'd relate to and recognize, others that gods are energies or forces with no form whatsoever.





Some believe gods created the world(s), and others that they only arose first, became powerful, and came to dwell in it like we did.








Generally speaking, ';gods'; simply seem to be those that can exert some degree of force and influence over aspects of time and space that is greater than a mortal human being can. Gods are those we deem superior to ourselves. If we cannot do it and cannot concieve of a way to do it, yet this being can do it, we'd be apt to label them a god.


You could meet the ';requirements'; of godhood without having worshipers, and you could have worshipers without meeting any ';requirements'; for godhood.
I don't think there is a single definition of what a ';god'; should be, although certain believers think their favourite god should have certain characteristics.





Above all, a god should not be able to die; I think that is a universal attribute. Although, according to some religions, there was a point in time when a god was born (see ancient Greek polytheism). So, not all religions claim their god(s) have always lived.





It seems that some kind of super-human creative power is also needed. While not all religions think their god(s) created the universe, gods usually have the capacity to create things and situations that humans are not capable of.





The monotheist religions usually like to say that their god is all-good and all-knowing, but these are not universal attributes for all religions. The ancient Greeks thought their gods were selfish and it was possible to trick these gods in order to benefit humankind. It seems like the monotheist gods are usually all-good (although Old Testament God's goodness is debatable) and all-knowing.





Finally, a god is usually invisible, not among the living. A god is usually ';up there'; somewhere out of sight. We say that a god should be ';transcendent';. Has there ever been a god among us? The Christians think so....





Cheers.
There is no true answer. When you get rid of reason to embrace faith you can claim anything one wants. People have came to worship a cheese sandwich if it has some vague, undefined similarity to the way they imagine the face of Mary. Some people are just nuts.
the true definiton of God is......................................鈥?Me!!!!!!!
Definition of a god: A man made supernatural entity which can be blamed or revered when they cannot take the results of there own actions.
The problem with your question is ';true.'; There is no such being as proven truth.