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Sentence #506536

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blay_paul blay_paul September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 10:46:59 AM UTC link Permalink

god -> God

(or god -> gods)

minshirui minshirui September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 10:48:12 AM UTC link Permalink

I feel that if he is an atheist, he would not capitalize god.

minshirui minshirui September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 10:52:16 AM UTC link Permalink

Uh, I don't think that's a correct grammatical analysis. "I don't believe in money." <-- no need to capitalize "money".

blay_paul blay_paul September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 10:56:12 AM UTC link Permalink

If it was "I don't believe in Scientology." Scientology would still get a letter, even though he doesn't believe/respect it because it is a proper noun.

minshirui minshirui September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 11:00:16 AM UTC link Permalink

Umm, "Scientology" might be a proper noun, but "god" isn't.

I think you misunderstand exactly why "god" is capitalized. It is done out of respect, not because of any grammatical feature of the word. It is for this same reason that when a personal pronoun, such as "he" or "him" refers to god, it is also capitalized.

However, I can see that what you might be trying to say is that god with a capital 'g' denotes a specific entity, i.e., "the one god" and that "god" without the capitalization does not refer to this entity. This, I feel, is debatable.

minshirui minshirui September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 11:04:24 AM UTC link Permalink

You know what, I'm just going to let go of this sentence. I feel like there are reasons to be sought for either capitalization or lack there of, but I guess I'm just not that interested in the debate. =P

minshirui minshirui September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 11:05:10 AM UTC link Permalink

Interesting links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization
http://atheism.about.com/od/doe...talization.htm

blay_paul blay_paul September 10, 2010 September 10, 2010 at 11:11:21 AM UTC link Permalink

From the second link it would appear that
"I don't believe in a god."
or
"I don't believe in the Christian god."
would be OK with lower case, but
"I don't believe in God."
should have an upper case.

deniko deniko May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 9:37:17 AM UTC link Permalink

dont -> don't

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 9:51:19 AM UTC link Permalink

belive > believe

Don't you believe in grammar?

Sharaf78 Sharaf78 May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 4:31:05 PM UTC link Permalink

No... but I believe in politeness

alexmarcelo alexmarcelo May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 6:50:29 PM UTC link Permalink

"God" here should be capitalized.

Sharaf78 Sharaf78 May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 6:51:29 PM UTC link Permalink

Roger that!

alexmarcelo alexmarcelo May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 6:52:46 PM UTC link Permalink

Welcome to Tatoeba, by the way!

Sharaf78 Sharaf78 May 18, 2012 May 18, 2012 at 7:00:12 PM UTC link Permalink

Elf shukran! = A thousand thanks!

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #506534मैं भगवान में यकीन नहीं करता।.

I don't believe in god.

added by minshirui, September 10, 2010

linked by Demetrius, September 10, 2010

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I don't believe in God.

edited by CK, October 7, 2010

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I dont belive in god

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I don´t believe in god

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I don´t believe in god.

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I don't believe in God.

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