What is your view about using a capital G in the word god?

The Bible distinguishes the one true and most high God from other lesser gods in a number of ways. (Since "god" simply means "mighty one" the Bible also calls humans in power and angels "gods." Psalm 82:6, Psalm 8:5)

One way is by using the expression "the god". Ancient koine Greek has no capital letters. For instance, in John 1:1, only the god who is in the phrase "and the word was with the god" has the expression "the god".- with the Greek word for "the" in front of god. However, in the expression "and the word was god", there is no "the" before the word "god", showing that there is a difference between the two. So the most accurate way to translate this verse is to reflect that difference - and one way to do that is by capitalizing "God" in the first place and not capitalizing "god" in the second..

In German, which predated English, the nouns were capitalized. For a while that was the case with English also, until the idea of capitalizing only proper nouns became popular.

I notice that atheists here will use lower case g for God, and will even call god an "it". This seems to be a reflection if their opinion of the existence of God.

However, God is real, and fully deserves respect as the intelligent, sentient, purposeful Creator of all things for these reasons:

People acknowledge the existence of God because God makes himself known through his works. Also, because just like a house is constructed by someone, the one who constructed all things is God. Thirdly, a real, ultimate Creator, by definition, has to be uncreated, so there must be only one.

The idea that people who believe in the existence of an intelligent Creator have the burden of proof skews the argument in favor of atheists, because they don't have to prove their position. The truth is that there is no proof that there is no intelligent Creator - and the tremendous complexity and interconnectedness of our existence strongly indicates that one does. Atheists generally do not want to talk about beginnings, which is the whole point of it all.

It is true that most great scientists in history believed that the earth was created.

To insist that scientific methodology was conceived only in the last 300 years is unreasonable, especially in view of our knowledge of ancient cultures and their accomplishments - they were not all ignorant deluded illiterate goat herders.

It is also true that the modern scientist accepts that the universe had a beginning.

This fact brings Kalam's Cosmological Argument into play.

It is also true that an alternate cause of the universe is intelligent rather than a mindless force.

In other words, the universe is produced by someONE or someTHING.

There is nothing unreasonable about these facts, Therefore, a scientist can believe that the universe was created by an intelligent being outside of time and space, without denying science.

Real science is nothing more than an unbiased structured inquiry. The scientist must follow the inquiry, and the logic. If someone insisted (as many scientific research authorities do) that you can follow the logic unless it leads to God, then it is no longer science.

Bottom line, there is a Creator, it makes sense that he exists, and he is worthy of both respect and acknowledgement, no matter how one renders it in their language.

We must show respect for the God known as Poseidon, by using the big G, same as we show respect for the God known as Yahweh.

This planet is more water than land.

The Bible- a popular source of information about Gods- ADMITS in Genesis, that waters

covered everything.

The seas are the realm of the God known as Poseidon!

The Bible admits, in Exodus, that when the God known as Yahweh told Moses that whoever wants to

be part of Yahweh's covenant, cannot have any of the many OTHER Gods

(including Poseidon) before Yahweh.

Yahweh should not have mentioned that there ARE other Gods, unless He knows that there are!

When the Japanese Government would not keep its people from slaughtering

His beloved whales, Poseidon's righteous wrath sent a tsunami to drown

thousands, and to damage the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

So, you have Scriptural proof, and measurable scientific proof, that

Poseidon IS REAL!

And yet, some believeth NOT!!

The radiation which emanated from the damaged reactor was far more easily measured than the “Grace” emanating from the Bible or the Q'ran.

If you can come up with perfectly valid reasons to "reject" the reality

of Poseidon, pause and think: Might atheists have just as valid reasons

for not believing in whichever Gods or Goddesses are your current

favorites?

Those of you who claim your Gods or Goddesses are real, but the God known as Poseidon is not, I

would suggest you buy a ticket to Japan, and go Fukushima yourself.

God is a proper name in English for the Eternal Infinite Ultimate Immutable All-Good Un-caused Cause etc. diety, so. it is the proper use

Capitalization is also used for the particular title or patronage of a polytheistc divinity such as the God Zeus or the God of Memphis or the Great Horned GOd

otherwise it would be small case

the collective may be "the gods" or "the Gods"

As an atheist, I try not to do it. I have a habit though of trying to use correct grammar, so I do capitalize it some times. I capitalize it like I would Harry Potter. I don't believe in Harry Potter but it's still a name although a fictional one.

I actually don't really care either way. I don't care if someone says God or god, I'll know what they mean by their words, not their choice of capitalization.

Like Santa Claus , Thor, Zeus The Flying Spaghetti Monster , God is a proper noun and as such needs to be capitalized

It depends on how the word 'god' is being used, their are grammatical rules that apply to capitalisation.

When 'God' is used as a name or title it should be capitalised (and since this applies to fictional characters, as well as things that really exist, it applies regardless of personal beliefs). God should also be capitalised when the word is used at the beginning of a sentence. In other situations such as when asking "Do you believe that a god,or gods, exist?" no capital is used.

In that case it's used as a proper name. When you're referring to gods in general, or the idea of a god, you don't capitalize it.

If you're using it as a proper noun like a name or title, it should have a capital "G". As a common noun, to describe something as being "a god", it should only be capitalised at the beginning of a sentence.

Silly. It is a silly word, It has a silly meaning.

To claim it "deserves" a capital or anything else is absurd.

God is only a concept, and a destructive one at that.

Who cares how you spell a meaningless word?

the gods of the nations are idols the work of men's hands, But the LORD GOD created the heavens and with a mighty outstretched hand set all things in motion.