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Sam, what makes my definition of 'god' a 'transcendent' one?

I also ask: What do the common terms 'religion','gods','god' and 'God'--as used in English Bibles, theological writings and by virtually all monotheists, non-theists and atheists--mean to you?

May I also ask your definition of 'theology'? Have you heard the definition given by atheists, some of whom like to pretend they have wit: Theology is a "science" without a subject. HA!HA!HA!

theós (of unknown origin) – properly, God, the Creator and owner of all things.

http://www.biblepages.net/ho15.htm
The verb theôreô meant “to look at”, “to view”, “to behold”.
The word theôros meant, among other things, “onlooker”, “observer”, “watcher”. A theatês was “one who sees”.
The noun theôria meant such things as “a looking at”, “a viewing”, “a beholding”. (Thence the English word “theory”, originally referring to someone’s view on a matter.)

The verbs theaô and theaomai referred, among other things, to “being an onlooker”, “watching as a spectator”. Theama meant “that which is seen”, “a sight”. Theaomai (thaomai) meant “to gaze”, “to contemplate”, “to wonder” and so on. The related noun thea meant “a seeing”, “a looking at”, “a view”.

In short: It could be that the meaning of the noun theos was something like “he who sees”, “watcher”.