Author Topic: God is spelled with a capital letter? (Read 2309 times)

Barakuda · November 25, 2010, 11:04:19 AM

About a week ago, we had a history test.
When we got it back, I saw that the teacher corrected god into God. Why, I asked. I looked in the dictionary and god isn't spelled with a capital letter. Then she said that god is his name. And, of course, names are spelled with capital letters >:3
At least it didn't decrease my grade.

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ShadowsfeaR · November 25, 2010, 11:07:24 AM

Its obvious he's religious

Tyler66 · November 25, 2010, 11:08:20 AM

Quote from: Barakuda on November 25, 2010, 11:04:19 AM

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sir dooble · November 25, 2010, 11:08:35 AM

Quote from: ShadowsfeaR on November 25, 2010, 11:07:24 AM

Its obvious he's religious

Or she's always thought of it to be spelt as God.
I consider it a name, so I spell it with a capital.

yuki · November 25, 2010, 11:10:40 AM

Because "God" is a Proper Noun as well as it is an interjection or a verb. It refers to the name of the being. Example:
I am God. I am David. I am Steven.
I saw a god last night. His name was Samuel L Jackson.

Riot · November 25, 2010, 11:11:22 AM

God's name isn't god. If I were to be named after my career I'd be called Game Designer or Fireman.

God's name is Jehovah in Christian terms.

:I'm spelling god capital because it's the beginning of a sentence.

Edit: Correct your teacher for his proper name. And I'm an Atheist so don't think I'm religious by saying correct his name as if I care.

And doesn't this flaw many Christians by saying his name in vein? Because god's name isn't god?

Sirrus · November 25, 2010, 11:18:44 AM

You don't have to be religious to acknowledge that the Judeo-Christian god is spelled "God".

yuki · November 25, 2010, 11:20:14 AM

Quote from: Riot on November 25, 2010, 11:11:22 AM

God's name isn't god. If I were to be named after my career I'd be called Game Designer or Fireman.

God's name is Jehovah in Christian terms.

:I'm spelling god capital because it's the beginning of a sentence.

Edit: Correct your teacher for his proper name. And I'm an Atheist so don't think I'm religious by saying correct his name as if I care.

And doesn't this flaw many Christians by saying his name in vein? Because god's name isn't god?

God's name is, in-fact, "God" in Christianity and Catholicism (It's "Allah" in Islam but then again that translates directly to "God" anyway). Jehova is ONE OF the names of God (recognized by Jehova's Witnesses), but most religions recognize that saying his proper name is offensive. There are hundreds of names for the same god so it's both ease-of-use and religiously proper to refer to it as "God".