In the search for God, Richard Dawkins has said that the diagnostic criteria for a god is being uncaused. With this in mind, I came up with several criteria for different god concepts.
- Ultimate God: The uncaused, single entity that created the universe. (Like to god of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.)
- Strong God: A single entity that created the universe, who is a descendant of an uncaused entity. (Many ancient religions had this view, like the ancient Mesopotamians or ancient Greeks.)
- Weak God: A single entity who found our universe and has god-like powers. (Also, consider that deists believe our universe was created and then abandoned by a god.)
- Pseudo God: An entity (or race) who evolved in this universe who have god-like powers. (Arthur C. Clarke said it best: Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable form magic.)