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"Atheist" and "Agnostic" capitalized or not?

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Latest post Thu, May 10 2007 2:51 AM by Yoong Liat. 2 replies.
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DeepShadows  +  362646 Wed, 09 May 07 08:50 PM
I've been wondering this for a while but would "Atheist" and "Agnostic" be capitalized? They're technically not religions so it's quite an ambiguous thought.


Another question I have is: Would "Goth" be capitalized when referring to the music genre? Would it be lower-cased when referring to the fashion/subculture?
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Feebs11  +  362656 Wed, 09 May 07 09:48 PM
Not generally.

"Goth" on the other hand derives from the name of a people, so does take a capital letter. Whether that will change will depend on those who use it to discuss the subcultures.
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Yoong Liat  +  362711 Thu, 10 May 07 02:51 AM

I've been wondering this for a while but would "Atheist" and "Agnostic" be capitalized?

They should not be capitalized.
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