From: Chad Perrin Date: 2007-07-12T06:26:14+09:00 Subject: Re: God versus god (Was: Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)) On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 03:41:39AM +0900, MenTaLguY wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:11:27 +0900, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:51:34AM +0900, khaines@enigo.com wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Gregory Brown wrote: > >> > >> >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. > >> > >> Going with that, using "god" as the name of a software package is likely > >> as offensive to Muslims and Jews, as well. Heck, the religious Jews I > >> know won't even type 'God', preferring 'G-d' or something similar > >> instead. > > > > On the other hand, "god" is a generic term for a deity. Some religions > > have many gods. I think the perspective of most monotheists is > > unnecessarily limited to the point that they often do not think of the > > fact that there are other, entirely valid, meanings to some of the words > > their religions have appropriated. > > "God" (a proper name) and "god" (an ordinary noun) are distinct terms in > English: the former refers to the Ultimate Being; only the latter is the > generic term for deity. Take note of the fact that the particular piece of software we're discussing was announced as "god", not "God". -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Ben Franklin: "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."