Talk:do God's work

RFD discussion: April–August 2016
I may be mistaken, but that looks SOP to me. do + God's + work; do the work of God. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 17:56, 29 April 2016 (UTC)


 * "God's work" might have some figurative sense, but yes, the "do" is redundant. It's like having "be black as night" instead of "black as night". (Update: that's a delete vote for this form.) Equinox ◑ 14:10, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect to God's work, which is definitely idiomatic. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 18:00, 29 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Create God's work and redirect this to that. Pur ple back pack 89  19:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * BTW, I have created God's work Pur ple back pack 89  19:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Metaknowledge and PBP89. DCDuring TALK 21:12, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Indeed. God's work looks wrong at the moment because it doesn't reference Christianity or any other religions. Renard Migrant (talk) 21:58, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Right. I've been looking for helpful citations for real definitions. One definition is something like "work in accordance with god's will". Another might be "the business of a religion or church". A third might be "work for good". It is the last that anyone, including secularists, might use in praise or encouragement. I find that last hard to cite, though I use it myself and expect people not to think that I have found religion when I use it. DCDuring TALK 22:14, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Same here,, hence why the definition as currently worded favors your third way of conceptualizing it.  I do not believe that "God's work" is universally a religious sense. Pur ple back <font color="#CC33CC">pack <font color="FFBB00">89   22:23, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Can't find cites for it. We need cites when no dictionary (not even OED) has it as an entry. It may well be that the secular version is an echo of the first sense, but it could be that no print source wants to risk offense by using it. Maybe Usenet. DCDuring TALK 23:46, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Deleted: I believe there's consensus for do God's work to be deleted. — SMUconlaw (talk) 20:46, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * @SMUconlaw: I see three votes for redirect. Let me add mine as a fourth redirect. What do you think? --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:52, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, how did I miss that? OK, I'll create a redirect. — SMUconlaw (talk) 09:55, 6 August 2016 (UTC)