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[quote=Anonymous][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]

FYI Arabic speaking Christians call god "Allah" - because that's literally the linguistic term for "God" - like casa means house in Spanish, Allah means God in Arabic.

As for using a better term, maybe use Christianity to refer to Christian theology? Judaism to refer to Judaic theology? Maybe refer to groups distinctly? Judeo-Christian is not really apropos, since frankly, Islam and Judaism have more in common theologically than Christianity and Judaism. It's a cliquish term, but that friend of yours probably doesn't think you're all that awesome.

Honestly, you sound very ignorant of other traditions and perspectives. It's probably best if you stop and take a comparative theology course or two instead of spouting your bias. [/quote]

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