2007-04-29 20:30:54 · 14 answers · asked by sketch_mylife 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fatty hates Aslan people...he hates people who like lions. Strange, but hey, it takes all kinds right?
2007-04-29 20:41:44 · update #1
Some people interpret:
"You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name."
as meaning using it anywhere outside of worship is taboo.
Some even go as far as to use the "G-d" form when they quote scripture!
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2007-04-29 20:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think Jesus way of doing this is acceptable?
Hebrew does not have vowel, so God (G-d) is the name that Moses asked from, YHWY. God refers to YHWY. YHWY is not pronounced instead LORD is used. In the bible, LORD means YHWY and lord means master.
Jesus is a Latin word from the Greek word that means God saves (Joshua). No letters are removed.
Now back to the English word God that uses the Latin word Deus which comes from the Greek Theos. 100 years before Christ, the Hebrew bible (Holy Scriptures) was translated into Greek in Alexandra. So Greek words were used for Hebrew ones.
In the 19th Century, Protestant theologians used Yahweh for YHWH. You can imagine how that was looked upon with 3200 years of respect.
Frankly, God is an English word with a vowel. If someone wants to remove the vowel and use G-d for YHWY, we can use and pronounce Yahweh for YHWY. Which more offensive?
2007-04-30 03:51:09 · answer #2 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The more imperfect the Jews' relationship with Jehovah became, the less they felt inclined to speak His name... The further they drew from Him, the more they forgot about the true nature of His essence as a loving Father and as they dropped His name of old "Yahweh" in Hebrew, they began to simply use the title God as the nations were doing, and eventually did the same with that word as they had done with the proper one and began to say that even that was too holy for them to spell out entirely as they thought that they had to shower or wash completely every time they said God's name... As time went on, and they were reading the Hebrew Scriptures daily, they had to wash hundreds of times a day as it were, to read God's name every time it appeared so they removed it almost everywhere and replaced it with titles such as God or Lord... That way they could read in peace and not have to wash at almost every scripture... If you read it through, you will see that many Scriptures would make so much more sense with the proper name where it used to be and just Psalms 83:18 shows that clearly. Instead of saying "God, my God..." in so many places, for instance, it used to be "Yahweh, my God..." and so on... and then the others followed suit by also living out God's name as it suited Satan just fine to have us all forget even the name of the One who one day was going to really expose Him for who he was, the father of the lie... John 8:44; John 6:44; John 4:24; Sorry for going backwards here... but you'll get the gist of it! I'm sure!
2007-04-30 03:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by Teri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an extension of the "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain" bit.
I think it's commonest among Jews, in the interest of never unmindfully using the Lord's name, but I've seen certain Christians adopt the convention too.
2007-04-30 03:33:55 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Messianic Judaism is a religious sect whose congregants are comprised of both Jews and Gentiles who believe that Jesus of Nazareth, whom they call Yeshua, is both their savior and the resurrected Jewish Messiah
Religious Jews do not write or pronounce the name of G-d. Since "god" is actually a term that describes a type of being, rather than a proper name, Jews will say, "God" in English or "El" in Hebrew. However, in writing, religious Jews use "G-d" or "L-rd". If a congregation routinely writes "God" and "Lord" it is not Messianic.
2007-04-30 03:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Jews are not allowed to write or use the Lord's names "in vain". They should only use it when addressing Him, and him alone. Thus, you will see them leave letters out or rephrase diction in order to avoid committing a sin.
2007-05-02 15:02:44 · answer #6 · answered by Theo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its people out here that either don't believe in God or don't want to acknowledge him. So when they talk they take out the important letters that spell out the name so people know what they are talking about without having to actually spell it all out. If you are used to spelling it all out and want to still do it then by all means do that. Because no matter what people do to not acknowledge him or his son Jesus, he's still alive and very much God and so is he's son Jesus. So no u don't have to spell it like that do it like you've been doing it and just keep acknowledging him if you believe there is an almighty God.
2007-04-30 03:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Friendly 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
By putting a dash in the middle of the word, it keeps people on their toes, and their heads away from the really weird stuff their religion keeps saying.
"Thou shalt not kill" -God(or dude with a chisel)
"Thou shalt go to the Holy Land and cleanse it of the heathens" (cleanse=dismember) Pope Urban II
Wha?!
2007-04-30 04:35:04 · answer #8 · answered by the_burrij 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
haha that made me laugh. I've never seen anyone censor those words, honestly. I've heard of it in songs.. but it's probably so they dont offend religious people.
2007-04-30 03:34:41 · answer #9 · answered by somethingsovague 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I hate As-an people
2007-04-30 03:39:35 · answer #10 · answered by Fatty 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋