From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2007-07-11T00:24:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)

On 7/10/07, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> You're right, good idea to split this thread....
>
> On the topic, I don't see it as a religious thing in-itself, merely a
> matter of general sensibilities. For instance, I would likewise anyone
> not to name a project a curse word or racial slur, despite how well
> they might correspond to the projects functionality. Sure, "God" is
> not a "bad" word, but it's just as emotionally heavy. In the end, you
> could use any such name, if you really wanted, but you'd probably be
> doing yourself a disservice b/c some people simply won't approach your
> project b/c of it.
> > T.

That's the reasonable argument against the name.   My concern is that
many folks in the thread assumed "God == Christianity" and that is
extremely offensive to me.