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259 matches to God
Atheism. Positive disbelief in the existence of God.
Athena. Greek goddess of wisdom. = Minerva.
Aton. Egyptian sun god.
Attila. 406-453. Leader of the Huns. 434 attacked Gaul, defeated at Catalonia in 451. “The Scourge of God”.
Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.
Aurora. Roman goddess of dawn. = Eos.
Baal. 20-8C BC. Canaanite fertility god. King of gods. Condemned by Hebrews. =Zeus.
Bacchus. Roman god of Wine. = Dionysus.
Balder. Scandinavian god of peace, felled by Hoder’s mistletoe arrow.
Barebones Parliament. 1653. Cromwell’s Nominated Puritan Parliament. Named for MP, Praise-God Barbon.
Barth, Karl. 1886-1968. Swiss Protestant theologian. Can only understand God through word of Christ.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Bel. Babylonian god. Lord of the Air. = Enlil.
Bellona. Roman goddess of war. Mars’ sister.
Benét, William. 1886-1950. US poet. The Dust Which is God 1941.
Benten. Japanese god of reasoning. Patron of literature, music, femininity.
Berkeley, George. 1685-1753. Irish immaterialist philosopher: reality exists only in the eye of God; for man, only when perceived. Principles of Knowledge 1710.
Bona Dea. Roman fertility goddess. = Fauna.
Brahma. Vedic Hindu god with Vishnu, Siva. Creator.
Buber, Martin. 1878-1965. Austrian/Israeli philosopher. I and Thou 1923. -Man’s relation to God.
Bull, John. 1562-1628. English early keyboard composer. Often credited with God Save the Queen.
Cabiri. Phrygian, later Greek fertility cult gods: Demeter, Hermes, Persephone.
Caldwell, Erskine. 1903-87. US author. Tobacco Road. God’s Little Acre 1933.
Ceres. Roman goddess of growth. = Demeter.