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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: POOL FOR GRADY-RAID
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rlvd_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Robert Levandowski)

Me:
>>     There is not more than one God.  The capitalized form is for
>>     the Judeo/Christian diety.  Other "dieties" are referred to
>>     as gods.  "Whatever God" is self-contradictory english usage.
>>     Check with a grammar book or english professor.
   
ai474@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Farrell McGovern) writes:
>Greetings, Kind Sir.
>
>        Although I support you in other areas, you are wrong about this.
>As a practicing Witch, our religion knows many Gods and Goddesses, and
>celebrates their existance in every act of our lives.  The current "common
>usage" of the capitalization is based upon the Christian Bias that all
>other religions are not valid.

Robert:
>This is faulty reasoning; Dennis is, from a grammatical standpoint only,
>correct.
>
>"God" is the proper name of the Christian god.  It is therefore capitalized,
>as are all proper names.
>
>To my knowledge, no other god is named God.  Gods in other religions have
>their own proper names, which are duly capitalized.  I am not in any way
>making a commentary on your panopoly when I say that your religion may
>have many gods and goddesses, but unless it has multiple dieties named
>"God" and "Goddess," it cannot have many Gods and Goddesses.  This is not
>a religious fact, but a mere fact of English grammar.
>
>If you want to criticize Christianity, do not criticize it because God is
>capitalized.  You would do better to attack the source of the problem (if
>that is your desire): the fact that Christianity named its god God.
>
>(My cat is named Cat.  As some comedian once said, "What's the point in
>naming the thing if it won't come when you call its name?")
 
    Ah, the Named and the Nameless.  Hey Jesse!  What's the Tao 
    have to say about that?
    
    After we find out, let's drop this thread unless we can bring
    it back to how Phatso thought God, gods, and gorrillas were 
    all from the same implants.
    
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