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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is hilarious to me that what seemed like an honest question (rather than snark) about people's religious beliefs has devolved into whether or not something should be capitalized.

"God" with a capital G generally refers to the Judeo-Christian supreme deity. The uncapitalized version would refer to a deity, but not that one specifically. It's not that complicated, though pointing out the capitalization error in someone's legitimate response to a legitimate question was fairly bratty and so I probably should not be surprised it's gone on for 2 pages.[/quote]

Wow. Cognitive bias much? You really think people of other religions don't get to, or aren't allowed to use "God" unless they're specifically talking about the Judeo-Christian one? FYI you might want to stop using the term Judeo-Christian - it's antiquated, and frankly, extremely offensive. But maybe you're one of those "Jews for Jesus" types that just likes to co-opt everyone else's traditions and beliefs as your own. [/quote]

Wow, overreacting much? I said that the capital G _generally_ refers to that deity, not that no one was allowed to use the capital version for anything else. I'm not religious, so I really don't have a dog in this fight, but if I saw a reference to "God" with a capital G (outside the obvious beginning of sentence capitalization), I would assume that word referred to the Christian God. If I saw G-d, I would assume the person making the reference was Jewish. If I saw a reference to Allah, I would assume Muslim.

And I honestly didn't know that the term "Judeo-Christian" was offensive. I was using it to refer to religious groups who rely on the Old and/or New Testaments of the Bible for their doctrine. What is a better term, so I know in the future?[/quote]

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