Do you capitalize the thing in god? I don't.
Not to be a smart ass or insensitive, but this is an agnostic site, so who cares whether it is capitalized or not.
Technically if it used as a proper noun its gets capitalized. If used in a general sense (aka. The gods looked on with derision), then not.
Thank you. The atheist contingency seem to be getting bent out of shape again
Thank you, we like to keep you on your toes. Lol
it is the degeneration and corruption of the language I get bent out of shape about, not the religious aspect, the capitalisation issue is just the tip of an iceberg where Christian theologians begin redefining words to suit themselves such as faith, prayer, spirit etc
@Geoffrey51 lol. We atheists can get a bit self importaint. We capitalize the M in Me, haha
I'm an English teacher, and I can't bring myself to capitalize it. I feel like capitalizing it would indicate personal belief, it would mark it as a proper noun, it would give special credence and respect to that proper noun that is actually a word to indicate many kinds of mythical beings, and it would imply we're all talking about the same concept...when 99% of the time, theists all disagree with each other about what god is.
Not capitalizing it mitigates all those problems.
I usually refer to this imaginary critter as: The Big Guy in the Sky, Heaven's Honcho, Mr. Magic, Frightening Figment, and so on. However, when I do use the word, I normally do not capitalize it, but it is dependent upon the structure of the comment. I even have the gall to not capitalize it when it's the first word in the sentence.
I try not to but autocorrect is a bastard! Also, I don’t capitalize sky fairy.
Absolutely not. I am a strict grammarian, but the origins of this capitalization are based on false beliefs.
It depends on how I am using it. Most of the time I use a small "g." But, there are times when a capital "G" seems appropriate; such as in cases, as LimitedLight stated, when distinguishing the Abrahamic god from other gods, or it is grammatically correct to do so.
It’s a proper noun In certain contexts. So I capitalized it in this situations.
It's the correct usage for any proper noun, so "The Christian god is known simply as God" would be correct.
Even in the Christian sense it is not a Proper noun it is a pronoun, an identifier not a name
The Lord god (The actual designation for the christian god) is correct as is the Lord god Jehovah capitalising god is purely christian tradition, the same as capitalising Him or He when referring to jesus, again a title not a name or proper noun) it is not gramatical.
@LenHazell53 where your god's name is Jehova, I would agree, but nowadays, the Christian god is known simply as God. It has become a proper noun, even if it wasn't one to begin with. It's quite possible that it arrived at this by being capitalised, as with He and Him.
@NicoleCadmium seen my comment further down about the degeneration and corruption of language by Christians
And according to the bible the ineffable name of God is YHWH commonly Anglicised as Jehovah for ALL Jews and Christians. The word god is just his job description.
No, I have even taught my autocorrect to write god
Only when I'm being a total ass and mocking hypocritical Christian behavior.
Never unless quoting, also will never use g-d out of "respect"
I capitalize the G in God as I do the Z in Zeus. It don't indicate any belief. But they are proper nouns.
Zeus is a name so in that sense yes it is a proper noun, god is not it is a pronoun.
Nope! There are so many of them.....can't capitalize one without capitalizing all, so....
Besides--we're all friends here, so--I deliberately show disrespect that way.