Why the capatalization of the word "god" has nothing to do with religion.

[JG.]

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You may only use "God" when referring to the Christian god, or any god whose name is actually "God".

"As an atheist, I don't believe in a [b]god[/b], however, many of my friends do. I have this one Muslim friend, her name is Alie, and she believes in a [b]god[/b]. She says that her parents pray to [b]Allah[/b] every day, and I feel like their [b]god[/b] is not explained well enough in the Koran. I also have a Catholic friend, her name Alexandra. She's pretty chill, but she keeps talking about how she prays to [b]God[/b] in church on Sundays. It gets annoying after awhile. Some Satanists believe and worship Satan, but also hold a belief towards the Biblical [b]God[/b]. This paragraph, in the name of the Holy[b] God[/b], shows you how to properly use the word "god", whether the "g" should be capitalized or not."
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Fair enough.

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

Would this happen to be a topic in which I was participating, because this happened to me just a few days ago...?

[Umbra]

I capitalize God when referring to an entity or person by that name, just as I would do with any other name. When talking about a god or gods in a general manner, I leave it uncapitalized, as I would do with any other noun.

I don't see what the issue is.

[Dark]

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I capitalize God when referring to an entity or person by that name, just as I would do with any other name. When talking about a god or gods in a general manner, I leave it uncapitalized, as I would do with any other noun.

I don't see what the issue is.
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You are right, to a point.

However, would you agree with this statement:

"The God of Pastafarianism is the Flying Spaghetti Monster."

or this one?:

"The god of Pastafarianism is the Flying Spaghetti Monster."

[Umbra]

The latter, unless the former refers to a title belonging to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[Dark]

Yeah, so you're pretty much spot-on regarding the grammar discrepancies between God and god. You basically restated my post and put it into simpler terms, something I often have a difficult time doing.

AND YET [s]CHRISTIAN[/s] PEOPLE STILL COMPLAIN THAT GOD IS NOT CAPITALIZED!

[Yasu]

Thank you.
By now we are all aware of [i]how Christianity makes people so deathly irrational and incapable of objective thinking[/i].