What Do You Mean by God?

Polytheism, monotheism and atheism are the key terms that you'll want to be familiar with. But even with those terms, there's a big problem we to tackle. What do you mean by god? Why would that be a problem? Well, the term god means different things to different people. In japanese, for example, what we would call gods are known as kami. It also refers to other superhuman spirits who attend the gods and do their bidding. And it can even refer to the souls of departed human beings.