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===Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines, and their adherents===

===Religions, deities, philosophies, doctrines, and their adherents===

Names of religions, whether as a noun or an adjective, and their followers start with a capital letter. The [[Latter Day Saint movement]] has particular complications — see [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Latter Day Saints)]] and [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints)]].

Names of religions, whether as a noun or an adjective, and their followers start with a capital letter. The [[Latter Day Saint movement]] has particular complications — see [[Centiare:Manual of Style (Latter Day Saints)]] and [[Centiare:Naming conventions (Latter Day Saints)]].

Deities begin with a capital letter: ''God'', ''Allah'', ''Freya'', ''the Lord'', ''the Supreme Being'', ''the Messiah''. (Note that articles, such as “the” are not capitalized.) The same is true when referring to important religious figures, such as Muhammad, by terms such as ''the Prophet''. Transcendent ideas in the Platonic sense also begin with a capital letter: ''Good'' and ''Truth''. Pronouns referring to deities, or nouns (other than names) referring to any material or abstract representation of any deity, human or otherwise, do not begin with a capital letter.  Thus while it is accepted correct usage to say, “He prayed to Wotan”; since ''Wotan'' in this case is a proper name, it is correctly capitalized, but the common use of gods in this sense is not capitalized.  Thus one would ''not'' say "He prayed to the God Wotan," but instead would say "He prayed to the god Wotan."  The following sentence would be correct usage: “It was thought that he prayed to God, but it turned out he prayed to one of the Norse gods.”

Deities begin with a capital letter: ''God'', ''Allah'', ''Freya'', ''the Lord'', ''the Supreme Being'', ''the Messiah''. (Note that articles, such as “the” are not capitalized.) The same is true when referring to important religious figures, such as Muhammad, by terms such as ''the Prophet''. Transcendent ideas in the Platonic sense also begin with a capital letter: ''Good'' and ''Truth''. Pronouns referring to deities, or nouns (other than names) referring to any material or abstract representation of any deity, human or otherwise, do not begin with a capital letter.  Thus while it is accepted correct usage to say, “He prayed to Wotan”; since ''Wotan'' in this case is a proper name, it is correctly capitalized, but the common use of gods in this sense is not capitalized.  Thus one would ''not'' say "He prayed to the God Wotan," but instead would say "He prayed to the god Wotan."  The following sentence would be correct usage: “It was thought that he prayed to God, but it turned out he prayed to one of the Norse gods.”