personal god

noun

A deity who can be related to or thought of as a person, through an anthropomorphized persona, rather than an impersonal, and faceless, force of nature.

“Albert Einstein was not an atheist, but did not believe in a personal god.”

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Meanings

nounpersonal god (plural personal gods)

plural personal gods · alternative personal God

  1. A deity who can be related to or thought of as a person, through an anthropomorphized persona, rather than an impersonal, and faceless, force of nature.

    Albert Einstein was not an atheist, but did not believe in a personal god.

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