The phrase "absolute deity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about theology, philosophy, or spirituality to refer to a supreme being that is all-powerful and unchanging.
Example: "In many religions, the concept of an absolute deity serves as the foundation for understanding the nature of existence and morality."
Alternatives: "supreme being" or "ultimate divine entity".
While it is true that religion, atheism and humanism all express belief systems, only one of them lays claim to validation by an infallible, absolute deity.
Among his or her bricks, the child is an absolute deity, forging coherence out of chaos and then reversing the process.
Giving evidence, Roache said he believed in reincarnation and an "absolute deity, a total God", but never meant to suggest that the abuse was a form of divine retribution.
A footnote to "Who is like You among the gods, O Lord," admits, "Hebrew writers had no difficulty in conceding the existence of other deities, though always stipulating, as here, their absolute inferiority to the God of Israel".
The emperor was both heir to the Hellenistic basileus (absolute king) and the anointed of the deity.
The primary message of the Qurʾān is the absolute and indivisible oneness of God, reflected in the first part of the shahādah ("statement of faith"): there is no deity but God.
Hegel decries human beings who let themselves be "robbed of freedom, their spirit, their eternal and absolute element" and who then take "flight to deity".
The basic premise of Discordianism is that all organised religions' take on the workings of the universe – essentially, a cosmic order superintended by a deity who, given a few niceties like absolute obedience, guarantees that order – were wrong.
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To attempt to grade or evaluate the world's inhabitants in absolute terms is to treat the universe as having a point of view the perspective of a deity or a utilitarian Ideal Observer (Williams 2006).
In Absolute Proof (Macmillan, £20), journalist Ross Hunter receives a phone call promising incontrovertible evidence for the existence of a deity.
