I mean when did the proper name, "God" first start to be used for the biblical god (Jahway or whatever it is)
This is really a lexicographal question, not a religious one. I'm still an atheist. Just curious if anyone knows.
2007-01-15 18:31:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
YAPPER
unnecesarry damning me to hell. You jesus heads are just pathetic. It was a simple, non-threatening question.
2007-01-15 18:37:26 · update #1
CHARLIE C
thanks, that was just what I was looking for.
2007-01-15 18:45:53 · update #2
Look up Bishop Ulfilas (c. 310-388). His translation of the NT into his native Gothic made god into a proper name.
2007-01-15 18:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the more true translations, all that you need to do is wait. It is said that all are going to become God, or like God, even becoming spirits! Furthermore, it says that God becomes "all in all", but the deepest meaning of this is "love becomes all", or perhaps "all becomes love." You could actually have a taste today right now, go out from your computer and find a needy child and just freely give him what he needs, get him on his feet and teach him to fish and how to be good. Or perhaps go see the sick kids at the hospital, and try and make them smile. You can also begin amassing knowledge on how to make the earth a healthy and safe place to live, this may give you a taste of God and what it is to be him.
2016-05-24 21:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At some point a political group decided their on version of "GOD" should be the main-man, so to speak. They then destroyed all opposition (see Genesis and Kings, among other witnesses. . .I could give you citations, but don't have the time right now). In a related story, what became of God's (IHWH's, etc.) consort?
2007-01-15 18:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by PartyTime 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it makes a whole lit of difference. Since the advent of mankind, verbal communication one to another became necessary. Obviously the word God was given to God. Weather God ordained such name...I'm not sure. The Bible teaches that God is without beginning and without end.
2007-01-15 18:39:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, God became God when He created the first creature, the son than he could worshipped. Because God means the object of worship.
2007-01-15 18:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by salomon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a short word for Good.
And Devil is a long word for Evil.
So we got Good and Evil.
So we worship the Good Spirit
and avoid the Evil Spirit.
I guess the Good Spirit create us
and the Evil Spirit destroy us.
2007-01-15 18:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by MFD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the truth will be revealed once we get to Heaven.
i think that all souls came from Heaven and the point of life is to chose if God or the Devil is your Lord. God only wants the ones that truly love him to be with him.
God is the Beginning and the End.
2007-01-15 18:35:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the Codex Argenteus (or "Silver Bible") a 6th century manuscript, originally containing bishop Ulfilas's 4th century translation of the bible into the Gothic language. The name means "to call" or "to invoke."
2007-01-15 19:01:45 · answer #8 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may have developed from the Sanskrit 'huta', to call, to invoke. Looks like it's been bouncing around for quite a while. It appears to be more title than name.
Try this on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_%28word%29
2007-01-15 20:41:16 · answer #9 · answered by stanhold 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably as a result of the Bible. When used in the Bible it is referring to the supreme deity, ("I am the Lord, thy God") therefore demands respect. Yahweh is also used.
2007-01-15 18:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋