Grandma Girl here, Passover started on Tuesday and Easter is on Sunday.

Since this is a week when many listeners will be celebrating religious holidays, it seems

like a good time to answer questions about religious words.

One of the most common questions people ask about religious words is whether to capitalize

the word God.

The name of any specific deity is capitalized, just like any other name.

So when God is used to refer to the one God, it's capitalized.

For example, you'd capitalize God in this sentence.

Some Christians give thanks to God before every meal.

When referring to God's in general, however, are using the word God descriptively, keep

it lowercase.

The word God should be lowercase in the following two examples.

The Romans believed a God named Jupiter ruled the heavens.

The Greek gods were always causing trouble for humans.

The same rule holds true for Yahweh, Allah, Zeus, and all the names of gods in other religions,

they're capitalized.

An interesting side note about the names of gods is that it's Jewish tradition to avoid

writing the name of God, because doing so creates a chance that the name could be treated

disrespectfully.

For this reason, it's common in Jewish documents to see the name written, G, hyphen, D, with

the O replaced by a hyphen.

Now, that's a simplistic explanation of Jewish religious philosophy, but at least now

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