Can I name a cat "God"?

[Evan]

I was wondering if I would unintentionally offend someone by naming one of the characters of my story "God".

After a bit of research, "God" is a title and not the actual name of the religious deity, but I was wondering if someone with more religious expertise knew more about the subject on whether it was okay to name a cat "God".
For clarification, the cat is a god, so it'd be like naming a dog "Canine" or making a headcanon that God is actually a cat.

I'm probably going to use this information in 3 months, but if anyone is interested in checking out my comic in the meantime, click here, to view my comic, Penciled, because self-promotion.

[juyunseen]

Yeah it's fine. It's honestly kinda funny.

[infectedbloodcomics]

Why are you worried? You can't and shouldn't please everyone. Name your cat "God" and have fun with it 👍👍👍

By the way, the name of my main character is Sekhmet - should I worry about offending certain pagans? I don't 😂😂😂

[Evan]

Thank you for your feedback.

[trashyvoid]

idk as a muslim i find it sorta offensive. in my religion we have 99 names for Allah and naming something after Him is seen to be an offense because it misrepresents Him. Naming someone God would be more offensive than naming someone after a Greek or Egyptian God because those are dead religions that nobody practices or believes in anymore.

[thomassayle]

better than calling it hitler

[J.Lovelace]

It's a fictional character in a fictional story, so you can name it however you want.
If people feel offended by it, it's because they can't see the difference between reality and fiction.
It would be a different matter if you'd try to start a new religion or something, but you aren't, you just want to tell a story about a divine cat. And that's pretty okay.

[scullpanda]

if Hemingway can name his cats after devils you can name your cat God

[mg78]

as i dislike religions, u could name that cat as u wish.
but i can say this: in italian, if u use god + some animals (cats re not in this club), u say one of the worst religious offense (blasphemy) ever. (to me this s quite funny)(and pathetic)

[Chopythes]

Tbh, I think that's perfectly fine. We all know that cat's are gods anyway ;D

As you said, it's more of a title than an actual being.
Like, the Christianity's all mighty god is "THE" god, there's no gods beside that one (but that's kind of weird imo). In Old Norse mythology, who WASN'T A GOD? (like, seriously...)

But what I'm trying to say is: if the cat behaves like a god, why not name it "God"?

(I thought it was a funny name to have on a cat, I love it when people name their pets titles, like roomie, husband, wife or something else like that, it can mess with others so BADLY, I love it. Go ahead and name the imaginary cat God, please<3)

[trinkettrancemusic]

I'm more worshipful of cats than any mythological authority figure(s). I'm team God Cat all the way.

[infectedbloodcomics]

Actually, it's not true. There are still many pagans who believe in the Greek and Egyptian gods.

[indagold]

No you can't. Please use Gosh instead of god, just like using Heck instead of Hell. We are good christian community and we cannot blasphemy against the lord gosh darn diddly!

[lunaartemisasama]

Well there was an old Mexican comedy show where one of the characters was an old lady, and the kids believed she was a witch and had a cat named "Satanas" (Satan in English) so it was hilarous lol.

So, why not God?

[LuciieR]

I don't think there's a problem, I've seen somewhere with a beta fish named God too. But of course, it belonged to a 10 y.o with little religious background. Still, it was really funny

[VermillionWorks]

Well there was an old Mexican comedy show where one of the characters was an old lady, and the kids believed she was a witch and had a cat named "Satanas" (Satan in English) so it was hilarous lol.

Also, there was Lucifer in Cinderella.

[kyupol]

It's your own peril... You'd reap what you've sown depending on your exact heart intent. God judges heart intent first and foremost.

[thomassayle]

you mean the cat judges?

[scullpanda]

@thomassayle cats always judge

[heraclus]

Name it however you wanna name it!!!!
Noone has the right to stop you.