To non-Believers (Christians you can answer if you want): How do you overcome this in debate with Christians:?

Question

god: (lowercase) an image of a deity; an idol.
(lowercase) any deified person or object.

Unfortunately... the god (lowercase) of Christianity is often referred to by the name God (uppercase). This makes it almost impossible to have a debate. For example, if I say, "I believe in god, but not the God of Christianity." They say, "There's only one God. How can you believe in God and not the Bible?" Islam calls god Allah, so it's easier to separate. If Christians called their god a name, it would be so much easier. How do you all get around this? Any thoughts?

Just in case: I'm not Islam. That was an example of a god being called by a name. I am agnostic.

It's easy on here. I'm mainly referring to conversations with my dad. And all of what all of you said would be possible were it not for the fact that most of the Christians I have talked to CAN NOT separate if you use the word god. It's frustrating. I just wanted to know what everyone's thoughts were.

xapao... you're an idiot. And to the "God is the one god, and doesn't care whether you capitalize, blah blah blah." Come up with an intelligent answer. If you people could back up your religion, maybe there wouldn't be atheists and agnostics.

Awesome answer danielle. And barring a friggin genius coming along, in 4 hours when they let me, yours will be the best answer! haha

Answer 1

When I write about "the" deity I usually put quotes around the word: "God". I qualify the word because the noun "god" and the biblical "god" are distinctly different to me. It's very frustrating sometimes that so many people think of the biblical deity when the word "God" is mentioned. When a person is able to get over that barrier -- "hey, maybe the real and true god is beyond what's written in the bible" -- that's the beginning of wisdom.

One way to distinguish between the biblical god and "God" is to refer to the bible god by his name: Jehovah or Yahweh.

Answer 2

You are completely right, god is not a name is a title as doctor, or engineer, the Almighty has a proper name is YHWH in Englis Jehovah, the bible said that exist an evil god Satan (2 Corithian 4:4) in the orignal text in greek was Written with G capitalized but in some bible are in lower case he was an angel but rebels of the Almighty (Job 1:6, 2:1 ad Ezekiel 28-11-15) , the son of the Almighty is also a god his name Jesus, the bible give him the title god also in the original text in greek was written in lower case in for example John1:1 if you look a greek bible you will see in the majority of bible was mistralated and that confussion is the theory of trinity that at the same time God the almighty was in two place in heaven and earth which is wrong, if you wish more information email.

Answer 3

Well, the god in the Bible was commonly referred to as "Jehovah". This is an English transliteration (synonymous with "Yahweh") which is Hebrew for "He Causes to Become". Ancient Hebrew is written without vowels, so this was represented by four characters YHWH. People who read the scriptures in those days automatically knew what to substitute and where, just as BLDG would be read as "building" 2day. Jewish superstition stopped many from saying the name aloud (have u noticed some people type
"G-d", same concept); which came from misapplication of the commandment not to take His name in vain. Somehow in more modern times Bible translators decided to omit the name from their Bibles and replace it with ambiguous titles such as "Lord" and "God".
Psalms 83:18 KJV clearly shows that God's name is
"Jehovah".
The use of these titles makes the distinction between Jehovah God and his son Jesus Christ blurry, as both can be properly referred to as "Lord". This makes it possible to accept the Trinity doctrine, which is taught nowhere in the Scriptures.

All that being said, God's name is Jehovah.

Answer 4

It's easy. Just be more clear with them.

"I believe in the possibility of a deity, and if there is one, I don't believe he is the same god of Islam, or the 'Yahweh' worshipped by Jews. That all religions believe in the same 'God' is something I do not agree with, as I do not believe in religious writings that were written by man."

Anyone who tries to argue using the Bible is an idiot to begin with, so shoot them down saying it was written by men and has been altered multiple times over the past 2,000 years. Anyone can write a book about what they think, but believing in a god can be merely a feeling in your gut. You don't have to justify faith...at least, not unless you try pushing it onto others.

Answer 5

i ought to never decide why because of the fact that is not any longer smart by ability of itself. the belief of no longer using scripture isn't a clean one. Thomas Aquinas has an entire e book approximately it and he lived interior the thirteenth century. the thought it became a silly project became old even back then. i think of that is because of the fact scripture quoting is now and returned used to charm to others from an different sect that they do no longer planned to be following the Bible to boot as they think of they're. some think of that all people others that do no longer have confidence as they do are non-believers. They get fixated on the only device that worked for them against different Christians and use it with a vengeance watching for a similar effects even nevertheless the objective is different. it may be like someone eating in basic terms soup their finished existence unexpectedly having to eat spaghetti and insisting on eating it with a in basic terms with a spoon on account that is all they comprehend. Its obtrusive for all people watching how pointless it incredibly is yet no longer so obtrusive to the guy that's no longer getting it. Chris is an staggering occasion of this.

Answer 6

As for this non-believer, there is no problem. I don't believe in any god at all, and I always use a lower case g. I assume when someone says god or God, they mean the christian god because they are the majority here.

Answer 7

The logic of an omnipotent creator being doesn't sit with me, however the Buddha has taught about deities which are not omnipotent... reads like the Greco-Roman pantheon or others... who have taken a higher rebirth than humans but still suffer to a degree. Unfortunately that's hard for people to wrap their minds around unless they're Pagan or somesuch...

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Answer 8

They've got it half way right. There is only one God. But what they don't understand is that there are many different religions and all of them have some good stuff about them - and no one religion is right. Religion is nothing more than our tool to get closer to God.

How do you debate? It's pretty simple.

QUESTION: "There's only one God. How can you believe in God and not the Bible?"

ANSWER: "I can because I choose to do so."

Answer 9

Tell them that Allah means God in the Arabic languages, just as Dios means God in Spanish. Should Spanish-speaking Christians refer to Dios as God?
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Answer 10

There is nothing wrong in believing there is a God and not believing in the Bible. You are human and you are entitled to your own beliefs. It's just that simple. You don't have to be a Christian to believe in their God. Your faith is your own faith and leave it at that.