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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 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Excuse for horrible actions.

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sky Daddy or his more accurate title of β€žFictional Tyrant with bad Temperβ€œ

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[–] scorpious@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

The Big Lie.

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 :)

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Scammy McScam Man

[–] kubica@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 2 years ago

"The Biggest Con of All Time"

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
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[–] Behaviorbabe@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

The writers

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 8 points 2 years ago

Imaginary Sky Man.

[–] fratermus 8 points 2 years ago

The Universe

[–] quinnly@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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".

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Great Green Arkleseizure

[–] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] plasticbuddha@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The Great Non-Being

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Asshole
Deadbeat Allfather
Holey Ghost
Sky Wizard
Santa Claus

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[–] 667@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Sky Wizard.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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".

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[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Lol that’s what I was going for

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago
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[–] oldone@kbin.social 2 points 2 years 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)

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[–] MonsieurArchi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] chahk@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Imaginary friend

[–] hoodlem@hoodlem.me 1 points 2 years ago

β€œDivinity”. β€œSource”

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

al-AαΈ₯ad ("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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[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] meanmon13@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Transdimentional space alien

[–] moipe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Since I just learned the word jocular right now, my answer is Jocular.

[–] spitz@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"All I said was that piece of halibut was fit for Jocular".

[–] xhieron@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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