If you look up "God" in a dictionary, the first entry you will find will be something along the lines of "a being believed to be the infinitely perfect, wise and powerful creator and ruler of the universe." Certainly, if applied to non-Western contexts, the definition would be puzzling, but in a Western context this is how philosophers have traditionally understood "God." In fact, this conception of God is sometimes known as the "God of the Philosophers."
As a philosopher myself, I'd like to focus on a specific question: Does the idea of a morally perfect, all-powerful, all-knowing God make sense? Does it hold together when we examine it logically?
Let's first consider the attribute of omnipotence.
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