{"id":177,"date":"2008-04-01T07:50:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T07:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/godless-dictionairies.html"},"modified":"2008-04-01T07:50:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T07:50:32","slug":"godless-dictionairies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/feilerfaster\/2008\/04\/godless-dictionairies.html","title":{"rendered":"Godless Dictionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was looking at a Merriam-Webster dictionary<\/a> on Amazon and came across this comment from a parent. <\/p>\n

Christian parents should know that this dictionary has only a generic, small case listing for “god” while listing “Allah” as a specific entity. I don’t have a problem with “Allah” being listed that way, but I believe that “God” should also be recognized with a specific, capital-letter listing. Most other dictionaries, Scholastic for example, do it that way (i.e. “God” is the god of Christians and Jews.) I also noticed in some of DK’s science books that evolution is stated as a fact, while some other books, like Osburne, state that “most scientists agree… [about the idea of evolution].”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Are dictionarieis really threatening to Judeo-Christian values? [G]od forbid.
\nUpdate: Original type in the headline now corrected!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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