In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith. In agnostic thought, the existence of God is unknown and/or unknowable. In atheistic thought, there is absence of belief in the existence of any gods.
The concept of God, as described by theologians, commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (all-knowing), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), and as having an eternal and necessary existence. These attributes are used either in way of analogy, or in a literal sense as distinct properties of the God.
God is most often held to be incorporeal (immaterial), and to be without gender, although many religions describe God using masculine terminology, using such terms as "Him" or " Father " and some religions (such as Judaism) attribute only a purely grammatical "gender" to God. Incorporeity and corporeity of God are related to conceptions of transcendence (being outside nature ) and immanence (being in nature, in the world ) of God, with positions of synthesis such as the "immanent transcendence".
God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe. In pantheism, God is the universe itself.
