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My pitiful little mind just can't fathom why anyone would be offended by the generic use of the word "God". Could someone please explain it to me? I just don't understand it. I've thought about it over and over and I can think of only one type of entity/person who would be offended: one who is in opposition to God. So, what type of people/entities are in opposition to God?

My pitiful little mind just can't fathom why anyone would be offended by the generic use of the word "God". Could someone please explain it to me? I just don't understand it. I've thought about it over and over and I can think of only one type of entity/person who would be offended: one who is in opposition to God. So, what type of people/entities are in opposition to God?

I can think of two situations/groups who might take offense to the generic use of the word "God". Keep in mind that I do not claim to espouse either position.
First, there are those for whom God is very important and very sacred; so sacred, in fact, that His name should only be invoked when directly addressing Him. A "generic" invoking of His name is seen as insincere and meaningless, cheapening the value that has been placed in Him (or Her, or It, depending on the view of God).
Second there are those who do not believe in any gods. They may well take offense when all around them call to a return to God, feeling an implication that those without a belief in any gods are somehow to be treated as lesser citizens. They hear a calling for unity, and then hear for a calling to God and feel as though the call to unity is meant to "anyone but you, since you don't think like we do".

I read a survey about 2 years ago that OVER 95% of Americans believe in God (or some version thereof, ie "Allah" or "Great Spirit" -- if you are a monotheist/deist of any sort, you believe in God). That means that only 3-5% of us are atheists. What would we call a country where 5% dictates to 95% what they can say and do in public? I think it is tyranny of the minority. Atheists have had too much influence for too long. It is time for them to accept their mini-minority status. Besides, that way they can really feel superior to the "ignorant/unwashed/superstitious" 95%!

one who is in opposition to God. So, what type of people/entities are in opposition to God?****

You have pinged it exactly. And the ones in opposition to Him are the secular Humanists, the ones who make Man god over all. They're the ones who don't want there to be any rules, so that they don't have to abide by them or feel guilty for breaking them.

They have had a stranglehold on our Nation, and it was never clear how we - fighting valiantly to overcome them - were going to. A consequence of 911 was that it happened, instantly.

God indeed does work in mysterious ways.