Why capitalize improperly?

[Breathe]

I capitalize pronouns when referring to God, because He is awesome. Sometimes, I do it when referring to God's attributes and wotnot, for example, "His Name, His Word", but I don't always do it - I don't capitalize the pronouns for polytheistic deities, or for monotheistic deities whom I don't care for, though. Because I like the Jewish, Christian (inc. Mormon) God[-s], I capitalize when referring to them. If I were to refer to Hindu deities, I would say Hindu gods, but if I were to refer to a specific one, I'm more likely to say "I like Shiva, He is awesome". (Translation: I'm a freak).

 

[Lucian]

I don't usually capitalize them, and I have sometimes tended to avoid using the pronouns of God as well. I tend to capitalize God, but I separate it when referring to a species "god", and when a title "God". So in Christian context I rarely use "god". Outside Christian context I might though. I never see it as a real name. But it has to do more with how you are used to use it, since Christianity itself doesn't make a difference between capitalization (Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek didn't differentiate between capitals and normal letters). If I emphasize our Father's majesty and glory, I use the traditional titles that ultimately belong to our Father alone (our Father, the Supreme, the Unbegotten, the Eternal, the Immortal, the Invisible, the Source, the Only True God, the One God, etc.).

 

[doppelganger]

The Christian "God" I generally capitalize because it is usually regarded as a proper name for a deity, which would make the capitalization proper. I typically put the word "god" or "God" in quotes because I consider pegging the all-ecompassing what-have-you as a discrete thing marked by a specific word to be idolatrous. Those words are hopelessly tainted by theistic understandings and cultural and psychological baggage to the point that they are no longer reasonably useful for communicating most of the time. So I generally make a point of calling out when I am using those words to identify a theistic construct.

 

[arthra]

In the Baha'i Faith we respect all references to God and so we always capitalize the word. All references to God due to linquistic tradition of course are also capitalized.. so Him referring to God is always capitalized. References to Messengers of God are also capitalized from Zoroaster to the Bab and Baha'u'llah we capitalize and capitalize pronouns referring to Them.

- Art

 

[methylatedghosts]

How about if you refer to god as "it"

Do you capitalise as "It" or "it"?

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

I often see others using mere titles as names. Just where did the titile "god" come from and what was its meaning?

 

[Elessar]

If you mean what is it translated from, it comes from the Hebrew term Elokim, which is considered a name of G-d (and thus my misspelling of it here to avoid using it outside a religious context) in Judaism. As religious Jews will never say the Name itself, replacements for it are said, and then these replacements are respected as terms for G-d.

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

If you mean what is it translated from, it comes from the Hebrew term Elokim, which is considered a name of G-d (and thus my misspelling of it here to avoid using it outside a religious context) in Judaism. As religious Jews will never say the Name itself, replacements for it are said, and then these replacements are respected as terms for G-d.

I personally have never really seen it associated with "El" or "Elohim" which are titles in and of themselves. I asked about the title "god" because I had seen it was of greek tradition of a title of a super human. A human that has died and come back to life as a god. You know like zeus and apollo, nimrod etc. etc. etc. Not the Hebrew "El" which is meant as "one of might and strength" and "Elohim" which is the plural of the later. Yah would be "El" as would the Malawks and Yah together could be deemed as Elohim. No offence but you may disagree by your traditions but I will understand.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Oh dear.
Um, I suppose I should apologize then.
I referred to him as such merely because I don't see the god of such scriptures as the Bible, the Torah, and others to be my god, therefore I didn't feel it was right for me to call him 'God.' I figured I'd refer to him by his name. I've never known anyone to be offended by it, but quite a lot of people had no idea what I meant when I said it so i simply went back to calling him God.

It gets more complicated still...

If one is speaking about gods in general, you do not capitalise either god or the pronouns. It is only when you are speaking of God that you do so.

However if you wish to show particular respect to a non Christian persons "God" it would be quite appropriate to capitalise.

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

Joh 10:34 Yahshua answered them, "Isn't it written in your Torah, 'I said, you are elohims?'
Joh 10:35 If he called them elohims, to whom the word of Elohim came (and the Scripture can't be broken),

Psa 82:6 I said, "You are elohims, all of you are sons of the Most High.

I get it now..............

So if I am talking about myself I can say I am a "el" with a little "e" but when I speak of Yah as "El" I use the big "E".

 

[horizon_mj1]

Maybe it is the person's personal belief in which when writing in reference to God or Gods, pronouns should be capitalized. Wow, I never realized how easily offended some people are.

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

Maybe it is the person's personal belief in which when writing in reference to God or Gods, pronouns should be capitalized. Wow, I never realized how easily offended some people are.

I remember Rush Limbaugh stating that "we have become a nation of the offended" but I have seen it spread all over the world. Thing is that we cannot, and will not, please everybody. There are just going to be some out there that just love conflict and love living in turmoil as well complaining about everything. Nothing is never good enough and they are never satisfied. We just have to move on with ourselves and be happy that we are not as them. Don't allow those individuals to bring you down to there level.

 

[horizon_mj1]

I remember Rush Limbaugh stating that "we have become a nation of the offended" but I have seen it spread all over the world. Thing is that we cannot, and will not, please everybody. There are just going to be some out there that just love conflict and love living in turmoil as well complaining about everything. Nothing is never good enough and they are never satisfied. We just have to move on with ourselves and be happy that we are not as them. Don't allow those individuals to bring you down to there level.

Thank you and back at ya!

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

Thank you and back at ya!

Nada prob. Now you go have not just a good day but a great one.

 

[horizon_mj1]

You toooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Berachiah Ben Yisrael]

You toooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well thank you, Thank you very much.

 

[LovetheLord]

The Creator of life, the universe, of breath itself...
The King of of ALL, should be in capitalized when referencing Him directly or indirectly.
If the He = the Lord, then I would capitalize. This is the least we can do to show honor, respect and reverence Him.

 

[Valjean]

Lord shmord.
I usually capitalize Gods and godly pronouns because my Jr. High English teacher made red marks on my papers if I didn't.
Its just stylistics.

Sometimes I envy the Romans, who had no lower case letters.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Lord shmord.
I usually capitalize Gods and godly pronouns because my Jr. High English teacher made red marks on my papers if I didn't.
Its just stylistics.

Sometimes I envy the Romans, who had no lower case letters.

When you mention red marks.

It is perhaps appropriate to mention red letter Bibles. Where all the words spoken by Jesus are printed in red.

Or the rainbow like God speaks bible

How Does The Color Coding Work?

God speaks to us in different ways. This is illustrated by the color coding of the God Speaks Bible:
•Purple is used when God speaks directly in the First Person. The Bible begins with the words of God the Father. The Old Testament is filled with His words.
•Green is used when a passage is talking about God speaking.
•Brown is used when man is speaking on God’s behalf in the Third Person.
•Blue is used when Angels are speaking on God’s behalf. God also speaks through dreams and visions. Daniel, Joseph, the prophets are all examples of people who heard God through dreams and / or visions.
•Gold is used for every miracle and act of God in Scripture.
•Jesus Christ’s words in the New Testament are written in red.

 

[Vinayaka]

For me, capitalisation of pronouns is like an honourific, as in Her Majesty. In Hinduism, some will also capitalise Self when referring to the part of man that is identical in essence to God. This would only apply to eastern faiths though. The small s self refers to the ego-self.