#there are plenty of diaspora groups in ie america or other parts of the world that pray in one language (from home) and speak primarily

[bitegore]

serious question for non-native english speakers who have any sort of religious beliefs (or people who have a language they speak for liturgical reasons and not in their day to day life, ie praying in arabic or hebrew)

when you say "god" in colloquial english, does it feel like you're saying a word that actually means your deity that you actually believe in or pray to in whatever degree?

personally: nope, unless i'm specifically trying to talk about mine, in which case I usually use the hebrew term i'm used to (hashem, translates to "the name") or "g-d" (written as such for religious purposes) but "god" as used in english to me is sort of just like "the christian god" and it's off to the side. de-religion'd and de-importance'd for me. hence the question, because it makes me curious

#i will admit to a significant lack of cultural knowledge re: other people's minority religious traditions but i would imagine that like #there are plenty of diaspora groups in ie america or other parts of the world that pray in one language (from home) and speak primarily #another #like i know that jews worldwide speak hebrew as a liturgical language. id imagine muslims worldwide do the same. a jew in israel frex would #probably have a different feeling on this (speaking hebrew most of the time daily) if i were to ask if they felt like idk. whatever they #use to refer to 'god (generic)' in hebrew vs hebrew lmfao #anyway i figure this goes for other religions as well #like id imagine it would be a little odd to be idk hindi or smth and worship exclusively in english when your texts and stuff are all in #another language #red rambles #i love when language. can you tell #i find this stuff genuinely fascinating #brought to you by a) a post about saying 'i love you' vs 'te amo/te quiero' with different levels of significance and b) a jumblr post