shmogie
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God, apple, gods, oranges
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Are atheists right that the phrase "God Almighty" is a proper name, but simply the word "God" is a c
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Cant say i ever heard an atheist have much to say on god, almighty or not, other than what god?
Fyi, the word god is 6th century derived from the proto germanic gudan
Not according to the bible
Works both ways
'Atheists say'? Not this again...
Atheists support Republicans and Democrats
Atheists both support and reject marriage equality
Atheists are both left and right handed
Atheists put the sausage on the onion, and the onion on the sausage
So perhaps some atheist somewhere said this, and perhaps you're not putting up a complete strawman. But at best you're extrapolating what 'atheists say' from what 'an atheist has said'.
shmogie
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Prove it. The gods of other cultures mentioned in the Bible doesn´t mean they are real
I always thought "Almighty" was God's title, rather than his actual name
So your god lies?
shmogie
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Not hardly
Atheists hardly ever have any problem acknowledging that literal thousands of gods "exist" in the sense that they have been proposed as real by at least some people.
Those gods have proper names, or not, according to many factors, some of those very personal in nature.
And the concept of god, vague to the point of disfunctionality as it is, certainly does exist as well. Again, atheists hardly ever have any problem acknowledging that fact.
Neither do theists, although I seem to recall that there are some who propose that other deities are in some way echoes, imperfect perceptions, or emulations of one "true and only" God.
All that said, it is of course for theists to explain and describe the Gods that they believe in. We "kuffar" may often benefit from learning about those matters, but we will naturally lack the authority to determine them.
Those gods have proper names, or not, according to many factors, some of those very personal in nature.
And the concept of god, vague to the point of disfunctionality as it is, certainly does exist as well. Again, atheists hardly ever have any problem acknowledging that fact.
Neither do theists, although I seem to recall that there are some who propose that other deities are in some way echoes, imperfect perceptions, or emulations of one "true and only" God.
All that said, it is of course for theists to explain and describe the Gods that they believe in. We "kuffar" may often benefit from learning about those matters, but we will naturally lack the authority to determine them.
Yes in the bible he claims other real gods on several occasions so you say he doesnt lie. Yet you say there are no other other real gods. I can therefore only reach one conclusion
Milton Platt
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Apparently you are trying to generalize too broadly about a diverse group of individuals.
I can only speak for myself and say that in a particular conversation if the theist prefers the capitalized version, that's what I use. Otherwise, I use lower case out of convenience. I see no difference between one god and the next, but if it is expedient, I can capitalize any word they like it it makes them feel better somehow.
Milton Platt
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says you
david-david
Member
And the Spanish speaking persons' God is known as Dios.
For Italian speaking persons, God is known as Dio and for French speaking persons, God is known as Dieu.
In China, I think they use, 神, pronounced, 'Shén'.
For Samoan speaking persons, I think God is known as Atua.
And of course, in Arabic, I think God is known as Allah.
If you ever get to meet a Czech speaking person, you can always say, 'Bůh bless you!' (God bless you).
But I think they are all, 'Christians'.
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Father Heathen
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How do we know that your "God" isn't some entity that either mistakenly believes itself to be God, or is lying about it?
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
No. When we are referring to ONE specific god, THE God, it becomes a name or title. The general rule of thumb is, if you are referring to THE one God, you capitalize. I you are referring to a god among many gods you don't. It's identical to whether you type President or president.
shmogie
Well-Known Member
Because history proves my God to be who he says he is
shmogie
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Says me
shmogie
Well-Known Member
The Bible refers to the gods of other people and cultures, but it never gives them the credit of actually existing.
I can refer to the Tijuana air force, that doesn mean it actually exists.