Why is it that so many Christians don't bother to capitalize God?

Question

I give your 'God" more respect than so many of you so-called Christians.

Lisa E -- I'm not talking about typos here. OR, stupid bumper stickers.

emenibo ? - Proof! Just read for God's sake!

William D -- Do you know how many Christians you have just peed off?

Have you people read the Bible. Is not God always capitalized?

Oh Maria. How's Hank?

Anyone who reads the Bible must, at some point, realize the God is being capitalized.

Answer 1

I totally agree. I am a Christian and I always capitalize God.

Answer 2

Well sorry to go against the flow here but it is a name!
As with any name it should be capitalized, I note that you have done the same with the word Christians.

matthew, mark, luke and john went to bed with their trousers on,
would be all wrong from the grammar point of view.
It should be Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

So if you are using god as the name God it is in fact correct to do so.
However those who follow the thinking concerning the use of the name of their god should not use it in it's name form.
This way the Jewish people mention by .'Lisa E'. don't write all the letters of the name for god as it must be unspoken and unwriten.


The expression Oh my god is ok.
But when you write Oh my God it is in theory take the lords name in vain.

And you can leave me out of the argument I am neither an Atheist nor a Theist.
And certainly not a Pandatheist!

Go on work that one out. lol

Just saying it as it is like.

FTWR

ADDED But if the Asker is in fact himself making a grammar error in missing a preposition. On which the question hangs then I am in whole hearted agreement.
And financial gain is in fact against the teaching of Christ though not that of the old testament.
Sorry for the Irony I know I should really remove it but it does have some truth for some people.


Further ADDED

Oh sorry, the WHOLE word!
WELL that's just to emphasise his importance!

It's 4 am here golly GOSH I'm DOG tired.

Answer 3

Capitalization is strictly a function of language... I may or may not capitalize anything, though I try to follow English conventions, I usually read the New Testament in Greek and am used to the Greek where "God" is normally translated from a form of 'θεός' (transliterated 'theos,' and spelled with all lower case Greek letters).

Formally, New Testament Greek does not use capital letters as English does, it is not unusual to see no capitalization in ancient manuscripts (like in manuscripts called minuscules), or see them use ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS, as in the UNCIAL manuscripts; either way, all text is written in a single case...

In any event, θεός is USUALLY not capitalized. Many printed editions of the GNT capitalize only "proper names, the first word in a quotation, and the first word in the paragraph." (Basics of Biblical Greek, Copyright © 1993 by William D. Mounce.) θεός, though it means "God," is actually a common noun rather than a proper name, so it is only seen capitalized following the rules above.
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I see someone mentioned capitalizing personal pronouns when they are used with reference to deity. This WAS the dominant use in English, but several recent translations have not continued it, but follow the common capitalization rules of modern English, capitalizing personal pronouns only at the beginning of sentences. The idea seems to be drawing attention not to the FORMAT of the translation, but the CONTENT.

Answer 4

No Christians fail to capitalize God.

Answer 5

I ALWAYS capitalize when i talk about God, i even capitalize other names for him to, ex. Holy Spirit, Father, Jesus, Son, etc.

Answer 6

I not only capitalize God and Jesus Christ......I
even capitalize He when referring to Him. It
does show respect. Why shouldn't we when we
show respect by capitalizing Mr., Mrs., Sir, Rev.
Father, etc. and they are nobody compared to God.

Answer 7

Oh please. A typo makes you judge someone as a 'so called' Christian? You're reaching. Jewish people don't even type/write the entire word. Does that mean you're more respectful because you put more letters in than they do?

Guess what. I don't have a 'Jesus' bumper sticker either, and I never will (Humph...and I call myself a Christian!)!

Answer 8

TRUE, HONOUR, RESPECT.

Some times I am typing with one hand due to the fact that I either have one child on my knee up to three. I do appreciate your expression of respect to Father God. Thank you. God knows your heart also do you know Him, would you like to get to know Him?

Would you like to meet Him?

Answer 9

Proof, please.

He's your God too, you know, and I think it's nice that you respect him, since he respects you.

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"Just read for God's sake," doesn't really satisfy my request for proof that "so many Christians" don't capitalize "God."

Besides, it's a tiny matter, isn't it? Would God be any less God if he went lowercase?

Answer 10

Because they have not been in a situation where they have needed to speak with GOD, the others if they have had not experience with GOD have the capability to understand