Based on what we know, it seems, God is who we consider is worthy of holding such title! Choosing or naming a God acceptable to everyone prove not only difficult but impossible for numerous reasons. This explains why there are so many gods and goddesses, and why the few saints/gurus/monks/rabbis/priests or whoever devoted their life on finding the truth about God left us with their vague messages. They want us to figure it out ourselves who the God was/is. Since the concepts of god and religion are tightly entwined, explaining those ideas were not easy for them, and they did not want to misguide us or take this matter so lightly.
The problems associated with answering ‘who is the god’ are personal—they did not have to be, but they are for now. For instance, many individuals are emotionally attached with their God that they take a great offence even when someone talks objectively about their Figurehead. These people do not understand other people outside of their faith who do not share the same experience (or the feelings) as they do with their deity. For example, millions of Hindus worship the ‘elephant-head’ deity, Ganesha, with a hope that Ganesha would make them rich and prosperous—as they grew up hearing this deity’s reputation of granting those wishes. It’s natural for these people to worship Ganesha and transfer such belief to their next generation as a family tradition. This tradition is difficult for people outside of this culture to understand. This is why when a few of my non-Hindu friends made fun of some of the Hindu gods and goddesses, I understood perfectly.
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