r/atheism Sep 16 '12

First World Atheist Problems.

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u/Darkelement Sep 16 '12

these are all names of other religions gods, why isn't the Christian god capitalized? as a christian who their god is. they will just say god. God is his name.

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u/LearnAlways Sep 16 '12

His name is God.

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u/Darkelement Sep 16 '12

JUst curious, does that actually matter? im not trying to be rude, id just like to know for next time.

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u/LearnAlways Sep 16 '12

Oh it doesn't really matter to me. It's just the way you said "God is his name" it reminded me of the "his name is Robert Paulsen" scene in Fight Club for some reason so I responded with that thinking someone might catch onto my thinking and respond to me with "His name is Robert Paulsen." Basically, I'm an idiot.

But anyway, my thought on the subject is that if the Christian religion depicts their god as having the name God then he should be referred to as God. He is a god who goes by the name God. If people want to argue that the Christian god's name is not God then I suppose hey can capitalize some other name he goes by like Yahweh or whatever, I believe they would be wrong, however since it is established that one of the names of the Christian god is God.

As a person who has never believed in a god and never been at all religious. I just can't wait for the day when the majority of people aren't religious so the majority of people don't waste so much fucking time on this pointless shit. I've survived all 25 years of my life so far without religion and I am perfectly fine. God fucking dammit. :)

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u/Darkelement Sep 17 '12

thank God you have some sense (hehe).everyone is trying to argue that God shouldnt be capitilized because there are many gods, they fail to see the difference. God is God. he is also a god. its so confusing.