While I am not personally an atheist, this was the only religion-centered community I could find to post this article, and surely we polytheists and atheists can find a united purpose in condemning monotheistic bias.
While I am not personally an atheist, this was the only religion-centered community I could find to post this article, and surely we polytheists and atheists can find a united purpose in condemning monotheistic bias.
I can’t really think of a more neutral nickname for a god than ‘God.’ What would you suggest?
As for politeness, I would think the polite thing to do would be to call the god by the name that the believers call it. Whether or not you wish to be polite about that is another matter.
More to the point though, the purpose of language is to be understood. If you use some word when speaking English that Christians and Jews generally use when speaking English, you’ll be more easily understood. People misuse words like “theory” and “organic” all the time, but most people understand what they’re talking about anyway. Which is important.