When you say you believe or do not believe in "God", what exactly is your definition of "God".

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8. You've hit on it because it's a range

GOD: Omniscient. Omnipresent. Omnipotent. Creator of the universe. Ability to violate the laws of physics at will. Miracles. The whole shebang. Present before, present after, ruler of the afterlife. Burning bush. Yadda yadda yadda. As an agnostic, I find this version extremely unlikely.

God: An entity that is so powerful and so intelligent that it can do anything in the universe within the bounds of the laws of physics. A creature of the universe, but not necessarily a creator of it. Whatever an entity can be within the universe at the most powerful. Imagine a civilization that rose early on and has been progressing for say 8 billion years. At some point, they could reach a level of knowledge and power so vast that it becomes God-like to someone like us. I find this version unlikely, but theoretically possible. I tend to lean more towards the idea that it takes at least a second generation star to have the necessary building blocks for life and then it takes billions years more for that life to become a civilization, and thus we might be one of the first in the galaxy or even the universe and anyone ahead of us is "only" a few million years at most.

*god: A special case in my view where it turns out that the universe was created via a natural act in another or higher universe. See e.g. the theory that the universe is really a black hole in another universe that split off. If some highly intelligent, but otherwise mortal entity created that particular black hole that became our universe. Technically they created our universe. I rate this as somewhat unknowable, but possible.

Anything else. "A diffuse life force spread throughout the universe." Or the universe as a single living entity. None of those are really "God" definitionally to me.