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    Quote Originally Posted by Jolt View Post
    Another question. "Why capitalize while you are speaking about God? Its something so absurd, as if such a God as the Christian Church proposes he exists would enjoy such a vain idolatration.
    I'm not sure, but I heard it's one of the quirks of the English language. Back in more superstitious times it was supposed to reverence God by referring to "Him" rather than "him", and so even when people became less religious it was still the correct use of the language to do so. At least that's what some people say, I'm not sure if that's correct. I find it's helpful anyway, since if you're writing a long sentence about God and another person, you can say "Him" and they'll know you are referring to God without having to mention His name again.
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    Because you capitalise a name. That is why it is capitalised. Since the name "God" came applied to their god.. it becomes a name, therefore capitalised.
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    Default Re: Theological Debate.

    Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
    Because you capitalise a name. That is why it is capitalised. Since the name "God" came applied to their god.. it becomes a name, therefore capitalised.
    Sure you capitalize a name. You don't capitalize a "whatever its called in English".

    Here's an example.

    "There's Obama! I love >>him<<."
    "There's God! I love >>Him<<."

    Unless God's Full name is "God He Him His You Yourself Your". Of course, if that's the case, then all those Him's are just one of his many names, and that would make sense.
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    God is mostly used to denote the Judeo-Christian/Islamic God, as opposed to other gods.
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    No I didn't mean the capitalization of "God" but of regular words like "Him" instead of "him".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    God is mostly used to denote the Judeo-Christian/Islamic God, as opposed to other gods.
    Yet more accurately, it is capitalised when you believe in what you are capitalising . If one does not believe in the deity they are writing about, then one would normally leave out the uppercase letter. Although some will do it out of respect, if they have it.

    Ideally though, we are all (Jews, Christians, Muslims) supposed to believe in one, same god, as that is how it was (we all worship the same deity). Now certain people may argue otherwise, although just as many will insist the god is shared.

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    No I didn't mean the capitalization of "God" but of regular words like "Him" instead of "him".[/QUOTE

    I don't do this either.

    Yet more accurately, it is capitalised when you believe in what you are capitalising . If one does not believe in the deity they are writing about, then one would normally leave out the uppercase letter. Although some will do it out of respect, if they have it.
    The thing is, we don't have another word to describe the omniscient Judeo-Christian entity.
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    Default Re: Theological Debate.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hax
    The thing is, we don't have another word to describe the omniscient Judeo-Christian entity.
    Oh yes we do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    The thing is, we don't have another word to describe the omniscient Judeo-Christian entity.
    Jehovah or Yahweh?

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