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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

As a Jew I agree with this. Notice it's never Jewish people using the term "Judeo-Christian?" but always the Christians. Find your own wings younger sibling, and stop riding on our coattails

No one is "riding on [your] coattails" simply by using a phrase. You do realize that your holy book comprises the first part of the Christian Bible, right? And Jesus, sort of the founder of Chrsitianity (I say sort of because I think he'd be horrified to see where his church has gone and it wasn't his intention to create any such institutional monster) grew up Jewish, right? That your ten commandments are also ours? i have only heard the phrase from the mouths of old white Christian politicians (and Mike Myers in "So I Married An Axe Murderer"), but i don,t think it's offensive. Antiquated, sure. We could all re-do the Easter Seder argument for fun, if you want.

OP, part of why some more literal thinking Christians believe that "Jesus is coming (soon)" is because he himself said things about returning soon, and how the kingdom of heaven was at hand, etc (I am too lazy to go get my Bible to refer to it and I'm not that familiar with it, anyway). The way I was taught is that what he meant was we should work to improve this world, that he didn't mean the world would literally end any time soon. Various preachers since his death have tried to predict the end of the earth. Which, when the end of the earth comes for humans, will likely be either an asteroid or environmental apocalypse brought on by our mismanagement of the earth's resources and health. Not Jesus on a fiery chariot.

Anonymous wrote:God has been simultaneously annoyed with humans and been toying with humans for a very long time. Jesus has been coming for a long time. The Apostles were pretty sure it was be any day now - 2000 years ago.

And yet, every week in church we say this:
"Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again."

Mystery indeed: that's Christianity in a nutshell.

Which church says this?

Actually, I do not believe that Jesus returns to earth as we know it so-to-speak (at least not literally). He returns to those who go with him to heaven.

If you die before the "last day" earth is around, then right after you die it's like you wake up and baam! You're on your way to heaven. For those who are alive that day, Revelation describes it like 2 people will be in a field, and baam! One disappears. I think Revelation also describes a period of travel or waiting for hundreds or about 1000 years to finally get to heaven (after the last day so to speak). Ultimately, I think the point is that heaven will be made like a perfect earth for everyone to be with jesus and others mentioned in the bible like moses and jeremiah.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, the direction this thread took really surprises me (though, I'm sure it really shouldn't..)

I'm surprised no one has said this yet, but read Revelations. It's the last book in the Bible, and it tells you, quite clearly, that Jesus is, in fact, returning.

That's metaphorical, and not meant to be taken literally.

Wow, the direction this thread took really surprises me (though, I'm sure it really shouldn't..)

I'm surprised no one has said this yet, but read Revelations. It's the last book in the Bible, and it tells you, quite clearly, that Jesus is, in fact, returning.

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Anonymous wrote:The Religion thread has reached a new DCUM low. Didn't take long. Who knew?

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization pedants never know when to stay mum.

The thread was going fine until some jerkwad decided to get all huffy about whether or not you capitalize god/God. They always derail everything.

Hitler?! Who said anything about Hitler?

Anonymous wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/the-bible-satan-obama_n_2900509.html

If he cleaned up a bit, I'd hit that sexy Satan :

Anonymous wrote:The Religion thread has reached a new DCUM low. Didn't take long. Who knew?

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization pedants never know when to stay mum.

The thread was going fine until some jerkwad decided to get all huffy about whether or not you capitalize god/God. They always derail everything.

The Religion thread has reached a new DCUM low. Didn't take long. Who knew?

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Anonymous wrote:Most people don't realize that in Islamic theology, Jesus is also believed to be the messiah, and will also come back for a "second coming" - as a messenger of god (not god itself).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam

God. Capital G.

I don't believe in god. A non entity doesn't necessitate capitalization

That's fine. It's like applying for a job. If you misspell the name, you won't likely get the position. As I want to get to Heaven, I'll use the capital "G."

Not sure an afterlife run by an omniscient, omnipotent, pedantic grammar Nazi is what I'd call Heaven.

ive heard the term judeo-christian-islamic to refer to all the abramic faiths. they have a lot in common and are part of the same family. usually the term judeo-christian is used by the islamophobes to set them apart.

but yeah, i'm not really religious and more culturally jewish and never understood the term. you never really hear it from jews, just christians.

on the capitalization, who cares? what a petty thing to squabble over. lots of languages don't even have capital letters!

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

As a Jew I agree with this. Notice it's never Jewish people using the term "Judeo-Christian?" but always the Christians. Find your own wings younger sibling, and stop riding on our coattails