When you use the word God...

[Quintessence]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

 

[Rival]

Upper case G to me means the Biblical one including that of Baha'is and also Sikhs though they aren't Biblical. That is quite narrow but it's just what I think of. If I refer to the Zoroastrian one I say Ahura Mazda.

 

[Sha'irullah]

When I use such word it could mean any god being named be it of any religion. As a whole though I do not like using words that only make monotheism seem relevant and this is a habit I picked up as an atheist I should add. But there is also a notion that I am using the word "God" in reverence to all gods or the notion of a god existing.

I also differentiate the lower and uppercase forms as a matter of respect to a specific god, be it Zeus, Allah or Jesus.

 

[Nakosis]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

I take God to mean a omnipotent/omniscient concept of a existent being based on religious and/or supernatural ideology.

 

[Polymath257]

I usually only use it to refer the an Abrahamic deity, but will use it to refer to any specific deity under discussion.

 

[Skwim]

I use it in the context of whatever religion is being addressed, which almost always is Christianity.

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[allfoak]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

"While All is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE
ALL is in ALL. To him who truly understands this
truth hath come great knowledge."--The Kybalion.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

By "God," I mean a god that has been given the name or title "God" by its believers.

There's no particular reason I can see why one god out of a polytheistic pantheon couldn't be named "God," but I only encounter this rarely (unless we want to count the Trinity as a polytheistic pantheon, but that's no a bear I feel like poking today).

 

[Sunstone]

By "God," I mean a god that has been given the name or title "God" by its believers.

Same here.

I regard the use of "God" as a generic term to be similar to a misspelling.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

The uppercase - to me - denotes respect. Though personally I regard it as unnecessary respect, and to me "God" and "god" mean the same thing. If I want to specify the god of Abraham, I either say that or name him as Yahweh.

 

[Akivah]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

I use the word 'G-d' to denote the entity that I worship. The One, Eternal, Unique, never-changing, formless, G-d.

I use the word 'god' to denote entities that other people worship other than my G-d, particularly idols.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

I use it to refer to the Abrahamic deity. The uppercase denotes a personal name so for example I would say "The god worshipped by Jews, Christians & Muslims is referred to as 'God' in many different languages".

If I'm referring to the Zoroastrian god I call him Mazda or Ahura.

 

[RabbiO]

I am a Jew and I am a rabbi.

Need I say more?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The uppercase - to me - denotes respect. Though personally I regard it as unnecessary respect, and to me "God" and "god" mean the same thing. If I want to specify the god of Abraham, I either say that or name him as Yahweh.

In English, capitalization doesn't denote respect; it denotes a proper noun.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I use the upper case 'G' when using the word as a proper noun when referring to a specific deity, regardless of which deity to which I'm referring, Abrahamic or otherwise. I use the lower case 'g' when referring to gods as a common noun, for example, "gods of the Greek pantheon" or "Greek gods" .

 

[Holdasown]

Depends on the context and if written if a capital "G" is used. God to me is a title. Most if not all have a name.

 

[suncowiam]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

There's only one person I know that uses "god" as opposed to "God."

So please bare with me as I slowly open up my vocabulary.

 

[Enoch07]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

NOTE - "god" and "God" do not necessarily refer to the same thing; I am specifically asking about the upper case variant

This poll is mostly for curiosity. Regardless of your choice, why do you use the upper case "God" in the way that you do?

I only use god (lower case) when referring to God's of other religions. Of which I do not believe in other religions gods.

I use God (upper case) when referring to my own religion, Christianity. It's a sign of respect.

 

[Jainarayan]

When you use the word God (upper case), which of these do you mean?

I use God when specifically referring to Krishna, Vishnu, Rama, Shiva being Supreme God (or Goddess for Durga, Lakshmi, Kali, Saraswati, etc.) I use 'god' or 'goddess' as a generic noun for almost any other deity, Hindu or not.

In English, capitalization doesn't denote respect; it denotes a proper noun.

We often capitalize pronouns too when transliterating into English. Even in English translations of the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna speaks and refers to Himself it's transliterated as Me, when Arjuna speaks to Him, he uses You, Your, etc. (see what I did there? ).

Btw, Sanskrit (devanagari alphabet) doesn't have upper and lower case; I use all lower case when using the Latin alphabet, as in my signature.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

In English, capitalization doesn't denote respect; it denotes a proper noun.

Indeed, and in a sense of gods, capitalizing it is silly to a polytheist, as each god is practically unique. Just saying "God" doesn't mean much, but if you say "the Norse God of Thunder," then that gets a little more specific.