The Indeterminacy of One

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“God” works nicely as a shorthand term for “everything that exists all rolled theoretically into one” - a posited singularity - another explanatory convenience

I disagree here, but only slightly. I do agree that ‘God’ is a term of convenience, denoting singularity, but of all possible existence. There are also connotations of ‘perfection’ and morality associated with ‘God’ that lead to contradiction (though most theists don’t seem to realize it). If ‘God’ is the indwelling of all, and thus singular, by what measure could he possibly be “perfect”, “good”, or "moral’? What can a thing which is singular and all-encompassing be compared, or held in reference, to, aside from that which it already contains?

right, exactly - i wouldn’t use “God” to connote that which is perfect, good, or moral in any conventional religious sense - insofar as there is a god, god just is

god may be awesome by most human standards, but s/he/it is probably not ideally good by most human standards.