2007-02-20 10:35:13 · 23 answers · asked by Nuwaubian Moor 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oddly enough, in the Old Testament translations, when LORD is written in all caps, it means the word was Yahweh in Hebrew, and when as initial cap (Lord), the Hebrew word was Adonai. Elohim, which is actually plural, is transalted as God.
2007-02-20 10:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and I think it does deserve a clear answer which I see in most of the answers you did get os not set forth..
Does not the word used depend upon the user and his or her designed meaning? From the view of a "NO" the use of the words GOD, God, and god do have a meaning and are used within a scope defined to represent that meaning.
The word GOD refers to the God Most High, God the father or The one and only Eternal God with no beginning and no end.
The word God refers to Jesus the christ and to all Gods made god by God. These Gods are perpetual for they do have a beginning but they have no ending.
gods are gods made god by mankind and can be anything that mankind looks to for guidence in his life or looks up to in adoration or worship.
This rule does apply when the three divisioons are being considered in a written text or in a written explanation by a "NO".. These three are all found in the Bible but the Bible translators do not use this form in the divisions in the translations. They have their own set of guidelines because of the mind set of the translators about what the Bible is suppose to say to them.
Do note that I said these three words are the divisions put in place by a "NO". I am sure others do have their own view.
Thanks for the question abd do have a good day.
2007-02-21 04:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by cjkeysjr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
GOD - Someone forgot to take off caps lock
God - Used as a proper name. The most common usage is for the christian god.
god - Used as a noun. This is for use when you are talking about any god. I.E. Zeus is a god in the greek pantheon.
2007-02-20 18:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by DimensionalStryder 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
God the father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. There is no differance they are one and the same.
2007-02-20 18:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by ACE 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When you capitalize it you are talking about the One True God...when you don't, you are talking about false gods. Also keep in mind that there is never an "s" after God..only god.
2007-02-20 18:43:38 · answer #5 · answered by em<3 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God in all uppercase is used as a form of anger. writting the God with with the first letter capitalized is a form of respect Christians use when they refer to him. and when the term is used with out the first letter is not capitalised it is either bieng used by someone who does not respect God and chose this way to prove to us they do not respect God. or when we Christiansrefer to the pagan gods worshiped by others. we do not do this as a sign of disrespect . but we it would be disrespectful to God if we use his name in a sign of respect for the gods of the pagans.
2007-02-20 19:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Capitalization
2007-02-20 18:39:46 · answer #7 · answered by Alterna 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The way I understand it is;
"GOD", using all caps would mean a dead, inanimate object, which I think is defined in some legal terminology.
"God", would be representative of the God of the Christian Bible, the true God, the God of gods, whose name is Jesus.
"god", would be used to descibe any other god, not the true God.
2007-02-20 19:44:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those who use a capitol "G" are usually mean it as a "proper noun", a person's name..and referring to the God of Jacob.
Using a non-capitol makes it a plain noun referring to any "god".
2007-02-20 19:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
- GOD: you are screaming!! Get rid of the caps lock!!
- God: well, its a name so it should have the first letter capital (then again...i dont know anyone with the name God...)
- god: well, this one its only a word... like you and me
2007-02-20 18:41:26 · answer #10 · answered by Val® 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋