is "oh my God" using Gods name in vain?
just wanted to know...........
2006-07-29 18:55:49 · 29 answers · asked by I ♥ Kurt Cobain 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes we do consider that using his name in vain but if you say thank god you are thanking god not puting him down but yes to your question that is using gods name in vain
2006-07-29 19:03:45 · answer #1 · answered by liveslifelikeitcomes 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
God has a name and the word God were used by those who does not know his name. In some way it could be calling him in vain but that will depend on how well you have been using the word eversince. If you know the name of your God as God then, that could be calling his name in vain. "O, My God" have been an expression for almost centuries already and I am sure most if not all say that without intending to blaspheme our creator. so, do not feel guilty if you have used that.
2006-07-29 19:06:48 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using God's name in vain can take on many forms. If you use "Oh my God" as an expression of surprise, then it probably is, although "God" is a title, as opposed to a name. Using "Jesus Christ" as an expletive rather than His name is the same thing.
But there is also more to it. People who say, "God says..." when God didn't say whatever, are also using His name in vain.
Another way is when someone uses God with the expletive "damn." What they are really asking, even if they don't mean it, is for God to condemn whatever it was they were talking about. If they direct it at a friend, they are asking God to essentially destroy them. It's another empty comment, thus a vain one.
We have much in our lives to answer for already without having to add insult to injury. As it is written: "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give an account for every thoughtless word they utter." (Matthew 12:36)
2006-07-29 19:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because God is a title for Yahu'eh in English not His name at all!
Many ignorantly take the name of Yahu'eh thy God in vain by saying it is not important to use and call upon the name of Yahu'eh in prayer. Vain means to deem unimportant!
Shav is the Hebrew word for vain and means to rush over and to desolate as in a storm. Is not this what our translators did by taking out His name from the Scriptures thousands of times replacing it with the title LORD or GOD in small capitals? Isn't this why people think "god" is a name?
God is only a name as one of the tribes of Israel spelled Gad in English but pronounced "gawd" so as not to confuse us English speaking readers.
2006-07-29 19:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by echadone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that I may have contributed to this discussion. Oops.
God wants faith from His people. We have an example of someone taking the Lords name in vain, Leviticus 24.
According to Barnes notes on the Old Testament:
Our translators make the Third commandment bear upon any profane and idle utterance of the name of God. Others give it the sense, "Thou shalt not swear falsely by the name of Jehovah thy God." The Hebrew word which answers to "in vain" may be rendered either way. The two abuses of the sacred name seem to be distinguished in Lev. 19:12 (see Matt. 5:33). Our King James Version is probably right in giving the rendering which is more inclusive. The caution that a breach of this commandment incurs guilt in the eyes of Yahweh is especially appropriate, in consequence of the ease with which the temptation to take God's name "in vain" besets people in their common conversation with each other.
(STRONG'S)
H7723 shaw' -- pronounced: shaw or shaw shaw
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain): KJV -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
See Hebrew No. 7722
So it appears that using the Lord's name in an inaccurate way (which may condemn us all if we were not covered by the Lord's sacrifice) , out of faith or in doubt, or in reference to an idolatrous practice, would be the way to take His name in vain.
2006-07-29 19:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess so. "In vain" traditionally is meant as an irreverant or disrespectful matter. If you're using "Oh my god!" in order to exclaim surprise rather than in order to actually reference god as being important to the situation, that's pretty much what you're doing.
Should that be a sin? I don't know, I'm not Christian. I just answered the question as objectively as possible.
2006-07-29 18:58:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just wanted to say that L B's answer gave me a good laugh :D
Haven't read anything that good on here in a while lol.
OH MY GOD Becky LOOK at her BUTT.
That made me laugh so hard. I need to go listen to that song.
And no, I don't think saying that is using God's name in vain.
2006-07-29 19:09:05 · answer #7 · answered by skillet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, but when people say they are "Born-Again Christians!" to get ahead in this world, or use it as a cop-out, then that's using God's name in vain!
2006-07-29 19:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by Marky-Mark! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it isn't using God's name in vain. The first person who said that God isn't real, is stupid. It is his opinion. I believe God is real.
2006-07-29 19:02:24 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Jessica♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes....Whenever you refer to God without the intent of worshipping him neither in an act of reverence, its a sin.....your breaking the third Commandment....
Exodus 20:7
"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. "
2006-07-29 19:12:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you view the word g o d as a name of god and define "vain" as not in a context of prayer.
2006-07-29 18:58:03 · answer #11 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋