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should this page be merged with a new page that could be called Artificial Selection? Inferno 05:11, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The page doesn't mention what has most recently become the biggest thing closest to playing God in the American public's eye: Cloning. Abortion is also considered playing God.

Done! --->| SUB-Z3R0 |<--- 08:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

I would support the move. -Switch ^t 18:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would not support the move. -Level27 ^XXXXX 21:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.137.169.165 (talk) [reply]

Capitalize "God"

The expression "playing God" arises specifically in comparing the actions of an individual with the Judeo-Christian God, doesn't it? Lowercase gods like Zeus and Odin aren't closely tied to things like, say, creating life--as Frankenstein did when playing God. The God in "playing God" seems to usually be capitalized; in Wikipedia itself, most links to this page (as well as non-linked references to "playing God") capitalize "God."

I recommend this article be renamed "Playing God."

Amccune

"Playing" is an adverb, therefore "God" can't be used in the form of a proper noun. It should remain "god".

The word "god" normally implies one of many, IE when talking about the god of one religion as opposed to another, or in a religion with multiple gods. Capitalized "God" refers to a single god, or the general concept of an all powerful "thing", no matter the religion. For example you could talk about what Muslums think about "God", even though they don't call him "God", because in English "God" is more than a name, it refers to any "main god". Sort of like "mother" and "father" can be used as names, although they're not person-specific. In the same way, Einstein talked of "God" as the universe, IE in a non-religous sense (not a personal god). Therefore I think "God" (capitalized) is appropriate. 99.246.109.131 (talk) 21:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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			:: The word "god" normally implies one of many, IE when talking about the god of one religion as opposed to another, or in a religion with multiple gods. Capitalized "God" refers to a single god, or the general concept of an all powerful "thing", no matter the religion. For example you could talk about what Muslums think about "God", even though they don't call him "God", because in English "God" is more than a name, it refers to any "main god". Sort of like "mother" and "father" can be used as names, although they're not person-specific. In the same way, Einstein talked of "God" as the universe, IE in a non-religous sense (not a personal god). Therefore I think "God" (capitalized) is appropriate. [[Special:Contributions/99.246.109.131\|99.246.109.131]] ([[User talk:99.246.109.131\|talk]]) 21:10, 11 April 2008 (UTC)