Just in the past few months, I've been coming across the word *bible* as a lowercase word. I'm not talking about the word as used in, say, "the fisherman's bible," or such similar uses; rather, the appearance of the word when it clearly refers to the *Holy Bible*, as in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures.
As a lifelong Christian, I am somewhat concerned (assuming tentatively there *is* a trend) that the use of the word *bible*, when referring to the Holy Bible, may be related to a general devaluing of this traditionally sacred book.
My question, then: "Is there a trend toward replacing the capital B in Bible with a lowercase b?" And are there statistics or facts to support this notion? *(Meaning, is there data that supports the statement that this is a trend that's actually occurring, as opposed to my own perception?)*
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Feb 3, 2017, 07:09 PM
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