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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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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Excuse for horrible actions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

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

[–] berkeleyblue 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] scorpious 13 points 9 months ago

The Big Lie.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Scammy McScam Man

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

"The Biggest Con of All Time"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The Universe

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The writers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Imaginary Sky Man.

[–] sylver_dragon 7 points 9 months 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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[–] plasticbuddha 5 points 9 months ago

The Great Non-Being

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Great Green Arkleseizure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] MonsieurArchi 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Lol that’s what I was going for

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago
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Sky Wizard.

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Asshole
Deadbeat Allfather
Holey Ghost
Sky Wizard
Santa Claus

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months 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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[–] moipe 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

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

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β€œDivinity”. β€œSource”

[–] xhieron 1 points 9 months 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

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Transdimentional space alien

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months 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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