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[Dan]

We just got a little stack of printed paragraphs about Jesus and God and the fire of hell and such.

Anyone else got this? Any hints? It's completely unwarranted- My girlfriend is Atheist and I am Buddhist, so we didn't ask for anything remotely close to this.

They're not offensive, just very religous, telling of how we much refer to Jesus by his original name and such.. About 5/6 little slips of paper (wallet-sized). No name, no contact, just the paragraphs of text.

-Dan

[Langford Rat]

Hhmm...I never really thought about it until just now but.....why do people capitalize the word "atheist"?

[sdwright.vic]

^ Latter Day Saints got into your building. The have also been know to collect last names of the buzzers outside the building and mail letters as well.

[Dan]

Here's a picture:

[SamCB]

^ Latter Day Saints got into your building. The have also been know to collect last names of the buzzers outside the building and mail letters as well.

That is definitely not the work of the Mormons. Looks like a local, outgoing (possibly crazy) person felt like enlightening you.

What's the big deal anyway?

[Dan]

It isn't a big deal, I was just curious as to who it was that was doing it.

[sdwright.vic]

Hhmm...I never really thought about it until just now but.....why do people capitalize the word "atheist"?

Its common to capitalize the name of anything if its a proper noun. Bob, Devil, God, Atheist.... all the same in regards to proper nouns and the use of a capital.

[sebberry]

I got a slip of paper telling me that I needed to buy a bible in an envelope with my name and address hand-written on it from an address on Shelbourne.

Maybe membership is dwindling or something?

[Langford Rat]

Believe me, I'm not fishing around for a theological debate but atheism is not a proper noun...that's why I asked the question. It is not a name or a religion. If I said I was a capitalist should I capitalize it?

[Baro]

I only see atheist capitalized to differentiate between normal chill people who just aren't religious, and those who really annoying make it their key defining trait as if it was their religion.

[sebberry]

And here I was thinking that this thread was going to turn into a religious debate. Who would have known it would become a grammar lesson?

[Langford Rat]

My apologies folks. Somehow I had forgotten that prescriptivism...oops Prescriptivism was only to be discussed over in the "How did we become so reliant on government" thread. Mods......please move as you see fit.

[bluefox]

Here's a picture:

[ snip ]

That would be the Jehovah's Witnesses at work.

(one of the clippings you have in the pic references Yahweh, Yahweh = Jehovah)

[LJ]

And here I was thinking that this thread was going to turn into a religious debate. Who would have known it would become a grammar lesson?

Well since you asked....

I got a slip of paper telling me that I needed to buy a bible in an envelope with my name and address hand-written on it from an address on Shelbourne.

you needed to buy a bible in an envelope.......???

[Holden West]

That's no official JW document. Some guy handed me that paper not too long ago. This is what happens when someone with mental health issues gets wrapped up in fringe religions.

[LJ]

That would be the Jehovah's Witnesses at work.

(one of the clippings you have in the pic references Yahweh, Yahweh = Jehovah)

Who is Jehoshua then?

[phx]

I got those clippings also.

[Holden West]

Who is Jehoshua then?

I think it's just a spelling variant. Hebrew is one of those languages for which it's hard to find an adequate English sound or letter when translating.

The scary thing is that it all makes perfect sense inside his head. On paper, it's a mess.

[Mike K.]

Yahwey is the term for God going back to ancient (pre-Christian) times. It does not explicitly refer to Jehovah.

I recall getting a similar packet of religious notes several months ago. The utilitarian presentation of the materials struck me as a hokey way to spread a religious message.

[sdwright.vic]

Believe me, I'm not fishing around for a theological debate but atheism is not a proper noun...that's why I asked the question. It is not a name or a religion. If I said I was a capitalist should I capitalize it?

Proper nouns are a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters.

So if I say I am a Capitalist, yes. If you refer to capitalism no.