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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Saiyanman Benjita: [QB] Well, this argument is weird, to say the least. There are quite a few ways to address the Christian deity. The first is God. God capitalized is a person, normally used as a reference to the Christian deity. a lower cased god is generalized as any deity, just as Sun is the center of our particular solar system while sun is any star in the universe. The capitalizing of a word to specify person from thing is common, like "I believe Mother is making us some cookies" vs. "Go ask your mother." I think that one other explanation is that in the Christian culture, God is one god. There shall be no other god before Him (another capatilization refering to God only). Another is YHWH. This is unpronouncable (much like Mr. Spock's true last name) It is commonly pronounced Yahweh, but that is not a proper pronounciation, and normally trying to address someone and pronounce their name incorrectly is either rude or ignorant (Mr. Hay-mond please report to the front desk. Mr. Boosh is going to be president, etc.) Besides, how do we know it's pronounced Yahweh. It might be pronounced Ihw (or "eww". Y is a short i, and a silent h. ihw.). I'm going to hell for that bit, and your all coming with me. And don't try to get out of it, "we didn't laugh at it Jesus, please?" "Shut up and get on the bus with Hammond and Scorcese you're going right to hell!" ABBA means father. Many people use this to refer to God as a father-figure. However, Abba can be used to refer to your father. Allah is the Islam word for God, and they worship the same god as Christians. Does that mean Christians should call God Allah? LORD in all caps (normally small caps) is termed for God and Jesus Christ. lord or Lord in some lower case means any other lord (feudal system and all). As with God, this is a general term that is changed to mean a specific person. Jehovah, or Iehova is another word that means God, normally used for the Christian God. It is not an english word, therefore not normally used in the English version of the Bible. There are others, but this is all I can think of right now. As for Jesus Christ, he had many names himself: The afforementioned LORD. Same explanation Christos means "the annointed", just to clarify. Emmanuel means "God with us". A proper term for Christ, but not used to refer to Jesus, except in his early days (birth). Messiah (There's a mess alright, but no Messiah!) means any expected savior or liberator of a people, country, etc. Christ was definitely an expected savior of the Jews, so I think he deserves that title. So, if all names fit, does that mean we have to start calling God: GodAllahYHWHJehovahAbbaLORDetc. and Jesus: JesusMessiahLORDEmmanuelChristChristosetc.? Oh yes, and one more thing. There is a politically correct bible out that refers to God as the Mother-Father. What do you think of that? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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