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Jocular ones are welcome too (and no doubt inevitable), but I'm looking more for "sensible" ones. Some examples:

  • Unmoved Mover
  • Great Universal Mind
  • Undifferentiated Aesthetic Continuum
  • Ground Of Being
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[-] noisypine@infosec.pub 44 points 1 year ago

Excuse for horrible actions.

[-] spitz@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Not what I was looking for, but I did chuckle. Would probably look good on a t-shirt.

[-] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Sky Daddy or his more accurate title of „Fictional Tyrant with bad Temper“

[-] redballooon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] scorpious@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

The Big Lie.

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 1 year ago

"The Biggest Con of All Time"

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 13 points 1 year ago

Imaginary Sky Man.

[-] kubica@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Scammy McScam Man

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Random Chance
  • Cause and Effect

Depending on the situation I guess.
I think, otherwise, the only time I invoke a higher power is when I swear :)

[-] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

The Universe

[-] Ravi@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago
[-] Behaviorbabe@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The writers

[-] quinnly@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like Bo Burnham's titles (both from the song Rant):

"The Blue-balled Anti-masturbator" and "The Great All-loving F*ggot-hater"

Edit: the instance removed the hate speech (which I was simply quoting and don't condone) so I censored it

[-] Grishaix@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago
[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If you're talking specifically about the Jewish deity, I generally use "Yahweh". As that is the name ascribed to him in Jewish mythology. If you're speaking of a more general deity, I tend to use "RNG". This being the acronym for the "Random Number God".

[-] spitz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Why "number"?

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Asshole
Deadbeat Allfather
Holey Ghost
Sky Wizard
Santa Claus

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

The Great Green Arkleseizure

[-] Haus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hey you sass that hoopy, atlasraven31, there's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

[-] plasticbuddha@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The Great Non-Being

[-] genesis@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago
[-] xhieron@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's not abstract at all, but my favorite is the Living God. It's an old one (Elohim khayyim), but I strongly empathize with the sentiment: if there is a God, God must be alive. She must be able to do things--God must have volition. He isn't just a product of natural order (e.g., the Sun). He might be a prick sometimes, but His actions are better than chance. If your god is a coin toss, your god may as well be a coin toss. Whichever God demonstrates Her existence is the real One. Everything else is make-believe at best, a long con at worst.

[-] spitz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I don't mind "Living God" as long as it remains abstract and not attached to whatever religious organisation.

[-] Nougat@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago
[-] 667@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Sky Wizard.

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Imaginary friend

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] spitz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Haha that's very concrete and abstract at the same time.

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[-] davefischer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

al-Aḥad ("The One") is nice. It's one of the 99 names of God given in the Qur-an. Coincidently, it's close to my younger cat's nickname: "One" (short for "Little One").

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, I do technically feel all of these names implied when talking about God, but none of them I "call" God. I guess "supreme being" would do it, I use that often even in church. I'm surprised your list doesn't have the likes of "grand unified theory", "the great white hole", "the sun", "sol invictus", "the man behind the pixels", "time incarnate", or "Morgan Freeman".

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] MonsieurArchi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] genesis@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[-] oldone@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's been a while, but I think Max Barry came up with Global Unified Deity in Jennifer Government (great book, by the way)

[-] psudojo@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

The Great Attractor The Everlasting Engineer The Architect

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[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago
[-] xeddyx@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago
[-] meanmon13@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Transdimentional space alien

[-] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 2 points 1 year ago

“Divinity”. “Source”

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The big dog

Jeezo

[-] negativenull@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 points 1 year ago

The origin point of the universe, if we lean into the secular sense

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