Interesting...... : )

Something to think abou! LOL FUN! :-) You got passion!

Actually "Satan" is a title, not a proper name.  It's Hebrew for Prosecuting Atourney.  "Lucifer" is a latin name, which is a translation of a Hebrew phrase that means "son of the dawn."  We're never told the devils name in scripture.

oops, the garbageman seems to have taken over here! lol

 = devil = satan = rubbish

God = the proper name of the god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Also, we capitalize to show authority and prominance over us, from our perspective.  I do not force atheists to capitalize the word "god."  Worshipers of other gods, such as Ra will write "the God Ra" because Ra is real and authoritative from their perspective.

god = any other god, such as the Egyptian sun god Ra or the Biblical false god Baal.  Of course, they are not really gods at all, no more than nothing is something.

Ra or Baal = capitalized because they are proper nouns (names of people, places or things), like Eric or North Carolina or the names of Chuck Norris' two legs:  Law and Order.  They are capitalized not because they are deified or shown prominence, but because that is their proper name.

devil = suggests a generic noun, such as "an angel."

Devil = suggests the chief archangel that was thrown from Heaven.

satan or lucifer = I'm pretty sure this is an error in grammar, as "satan" is normally considered the proper name of the chief archangel that was thrown from Heaven.

Satan or Lucifer = the proper name of the chief archangel that was thrown from Heaven.

heaven = can suggest the skies

Heaven = the spiritual place

bible = suggests "a holy book," of which generally there is only one by this name, so this might be a grammatical error

Bible = proper noun for the Christian scriptures.  Might be subjective to the author; my atheist programmer friend has a Bible -- it is his singular programming language reference.

Bottom line:  capatalizing a proper noun is just that, and shouldn't connotate that you are attaching special significance to it.

Also, back on Satan and Lucifer, as with many names in the Bible, these names have a literal interpretation.  lucifer means "morning star," and satan means "adversary" or "deceiver."  To call the chief archangel that was thrown from Heaven "the deceiver," nearly all meaning is stripped away, for you could have been talking about your ex-boyfriend!  The same goes with the Christian name for him, "the Enemy."  It is capitalized to show that this enemy is chief, different from Bin Laden or the bathroom scale. 

This is how the English language works.  To lowercase the enemy or the deceiver or satan or lucifer is to simply introduce confusion in communication, which we get enough of when we try to be clear!

The problem with a printed dictionary is that it is usually 10 years out of date, or more. Language changes, and languages also are far more adaptable than some silly grammar and spelling rules allow. In most modern word processors you can add a new word to the dictionary. In this case just add your preference of devil (small d) to your dictionary. I hope that works for you. I do this kind of thing all the time, especially because we actually have two English languages, plus Euro-English and a whole bunch of subsets.

In a sense, I agree with you Grant.  Language changes with time.  A few years ago Werner Gitt coined a new word for his information theoretic:  "apobetics," which describes the sender's intent of the communicated message.  But in another sense, I disagree.  You cannot simply make up new words. spellings, and grammar and expect your reader to understand you, unless you plan on attaching a glossary to everything you write.  Rules provide a common base or standard for understanding.  As Christians, we should have a profound understanding of the importance of the Standard of God.

Jenily, surprisingly, I've been thinking about this blog a lot in the past week.  I keep returning to the conviction that it is best for clear communication that "Satan," and "the Devil" should be capitalized.  If you'd like to throw rotten tomatoes at him (lowercase "h"), then write "the devil, stupid prince of this world" (lowercase "d" and "p").  Define what you mean by "the devil, and include as many insults as you can while you're doing so  :D