It seems to me that adults start out with a topic involving "God" and then discuss the qualities, powers and abilities of such "God" without ever defining "God". By the time we're adults we all assume we are talking about the same being or personage and then go on to argue where it resides, what interests it has, how specific are it's concerns, and so on.

Without ever agreeing on what we are talking about.

It's a bit like discussing "freedom". We all know what it is, and by God we in the US are "free". But what is it? We own property, don't we? Try not paying the property tax. We are free to travel, aren't we? Try not paying the sales tax on the car, the registration fees, the fuel taxes or the tolls. We are free to vote for the candidate of our choice after intelligently weighing the issues, which are presented to us through lies presented over and over and over until we believe they must be true.

So, before we get off on all manner of discussion of the attributes of "God", let's agree on what "God" is in a way that a nun, an imam, an atheist (just what is it you don't believe in), a Fiji Islander, a Hindu, and a Buddhist can understand.

Or if you are going to talk about a limited God, one with an interest in only a few of His Beings, say so and discuss God as conceived by Christians. But at least admit that. Realize that a politician invoking God in "God bless you" is talking about the same being as is the priest who says "God damns you" to the atheist and the Protestant minister says "God loves you and condemns the sin" to the homosexual who has no choice in their sexual orientation (presumably because of some quality in God's plan).

Clearly most folks are talking about a First Creator when discussing God, for the same reason they invented God in the first place. They can't stand the anxiety of not knowing, they try to reduce matters to something they can understand and ascribe cause and effect in order to bring order to their rather random lives. At least agree upon that, when discussing God.

And in the end you'll get nowhere. You'll be trying to discuss that which is beyond words with words, trying to create an unknown, unseen being by sculpting a statue. Doomed to failure, relying upon the agreement of others equally as ignorant for validity. If we all believe, it must be true. And it is for them, within their own brains, their own universes, if not for anything outside that bound.