A. Telling an otherwise respectable and kind atheist they deserve to go to hell.
B. Not capitalizing "God".
2007-03-09 05:58:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
B. The first only offends a human, the second offends God.
2007-03-09 06:02:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
No one has the authority to condemn any person to hell, and by judging a person as "deserving" to go to hell, they are assuming the position of God. That is an offense to God.
Neglecting to capitalize the word God is a lessor offense, because it is a general term, and not the personal name of the Supreme God. It does indicate a lack of proper respect, but this is not as great as the presumption of the position.
2007-03-09 14:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A. definately. It's threat, you are telling someone that you think they deserve to be tortured for all eternity just because of their beliefs.
Christians do not capitalize the word God when referring to my deities, why should they be so offended if someone returns that favor?
2007-03-09 14:05:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer would be A
If God and heaven truly exist.
And an Atheist spends his or her life doing good things out of the kindness of their hearts...
Then I believe in the end God will say "Hey!...I'm real after all..but you did a pretty good job down there so come on in!"
In the end it's not how much you believe in God...it's what's in your heart that matters.
2007-03-09 14:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by chefzilla65 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I only capitalize God when refering to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob whose Son is Jesus Christ. Any other god is lower case because I do not acknowledge them as divine or that they even exist. This may be the reason you see the word in lower case.
2007-03-09 14:04:31 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"A" is far more offensive.
The only time that "god" should be capitalized is if it is being used as a proper noun. Christians use the word "god" as the name for their deity, so in that instance it is grammatically correct to capitalize it--although it makes more sense to use its name, YHWH, as this is more accurate. If you were talking about me, you would use my name and not "girl" as the proper noun. (Sorry, I'm a writer and huge word geek.)
2007-03-09 14:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, defiently 'A'.
Not capitilizing god could be a typo, or, as I'm an aethiest, I shouldn't have to because I don't think I should capitilize something I don't believe in.
Just my opinion.
2007-03-09 14:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.
The word god does not always need capitalization.
2007-03-09 14:09:41 · answer #8 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, well, given that your question is both puerile and smarmy, one can only assume you are one of those so called Christians who claims to be loving and Christ like, yet are both hypocritical and intellectually dishonest.
You are therefore dismissed as being unworthy of respect or attention.
You have now been told.
Thanks for playing
2007-03-09 14:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A.
B is just proper grammar.
Just because Christians don't know their god's name isn't God doesn't mean we have to respect their ignorance and conform to their tradition.
2007-03-09 14:02:54 · answer #10 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I vote for A.
But then again when I want to write God, I usually write Allah, so it's technically a loophole in your question.
2007-03-09 14:16:30 · answer #11 · answered by Maverick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋