tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022854326401287667.post79059295306337919..comments2017-05-23T00:59:58.378-07:00Comments on Popcorn Patter: Wherein Brackets Are AbusedKendraPGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18077229937416935194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022854326401287667.post-58253197272648804622010-12-10T15:08:37.728-08:002010-12-10T15:08:37.728-08:00The problem is: if I name my dog, Dog or my horse,...The problem is: if I name my dog, Dog or my horse, Horse ( yes, it has been done), those would still require capitalization. Just because the concept is wide ranging doesn't make the naming of an individual ( real or not) any less of a name.<br />Early xtians who named their god, God, were quite ingenious in that respect. Co-opting things is a xtian specialty... Just look at Xmaspcbutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226311081349352732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022854326401287667.post-56634355840606197452010-12-10T14:57:03.178-08:002010-12-10T14:57:03.178-08:00@Andrew I feel that 'god' cannot count as ...@Andrew I feel that 'god' cannot count as a proper noun, though. You can't say 'Thor is a thor.' Thor is just flat-out a name. God isn't, it's a descripter that has become used like a name because of the belief that the deity in question has a name that is more then a human could pronounce/say/understand. -shrug- I don't think that a concept that is present in so many different religions can be the same as an outright name of one religion's god without there being an inherent bias in the language. <br /><br />@Rational Explorer: Well, calling myself agnostic is usually simpler. In relation to Christianity, I'm a flat-out athiest, I do not and will not ever believe in the Christian faith. But outside of that, I'm not altogether decided as to what I believe, and don't quite have a category for my all too tenuous and liable to change outlook on the world. I have a few silly beliefs with no real evidence behind them, but a simple fondness and unexplainable belief in them. (My tarot cards, for one.) In short, I guess I'm more then a bit inconsistent.KendraPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18077229937416935194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022854326401287667.post-85089819821076512732010-12-05T22:21:16.792-08:002010-12-05T22:21:16.792-08:00Um, if you don't believe in a god, you're ...Um, if you don't believe in a god, you're an atheist. You may also be agnostic depending on which god claim is being made (I'm gnostic towards the christian god for example, but agnostic about a deist god).<br /><br />The terms have specific meanings and they don't relate to a continuum but instead a plane.<br /><br />If you don't believe in a god (as you said you do not) what do you consider yourself otherwise? Humanist, Rationalist, Philosophical materialist, Skeptic? There are plenty of options that might fit and I was just wondering what you see yourself as (or not as as the case may be).Rational Explorerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725457802383119142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022854326401287667.post-61830923635308225172010-12-04T22:36:13.146-08:002010-12-04T22:36:13.146-08:00Extraodinary claims require extraodinary proof.
Wh...Extraodinary claims require extraodinary proof.<br />While I appreciate your reasoning on the capitalization of "God", I would respectfully disagree. Personal belief does not play a roll in wether or not it is a proper noun. I too, do not believe but will still capitalize it, as God is a name. Just as I capitalize: Thor, Woden, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Ra, and other dietiespcbutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226311081349352732noreply@blogger.com