I am asking with all due respect. And if anyone is rude I promise I will report you.
Where and why did people chose to take God's name and use as a swear word? Is it fairly new, or were people swearing like this since Jesus's time? Do you know what I mean?? :)
2007-05-17 15:14:27 · 28 answers · asked by SDC 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't see my spelling mistake~ so sorry!
2007-05-17 15:26:47 · update #1
Since one of the Ten Commandments is to not take the Lord's name in vain, I'd say it's been going on for multiple millennia.
2007-05-17 15:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lords Name In Vane
2017-01-13 11:21:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The confusion comes from a misunderstanding of the concept "taking the name." Taking the name of someone does not mean speaking it. In the time of the bible taking someones name is claiming to be part of the others family. This was a common thing for slaves to do. Calling yourself a "Christian" for example is taking the name of Christ as yours. By the way the word god (God) is a generalized word meaning a superior being. Therefore using the word in a curse may be a sin if the person doing it does it with the intent of insulting God and not a sin if it is just an expletive or or a cry of emotion.
2007-05-17 15:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1) It is not taken in vane, it is taken in vein.
Religion has been taken for many different veins....
The Lords name is the most sacred of all, so of course humans will desicrate it. It is the highest level of cursing some one or something. There are recordings that even the Egyptians used to take their gods name in vein, and so did the Greeks. "For the Spite of Athena" etc. "Thor damns it"
Vena amoris is a Latin name meaning, literally, "vein of love". A tradition established a belief that this vein ran directly from the heart to the third finger of the left hand. This theory has been cited in western cultures as one of the reasons the engagement ring and/or wedding ring was placed on the third finger, or "ring finger".
The earliest use of "jewelry" to signify a bonding was often literally chains and bracelets. This evolved to the use of the symbolic ring. In ancient Egypt, the Sun and the Moon Gods were feared and worshipped. A ring was a symbol of these spirits, both of whom were also related to the home and hearth. The endless circle showed the eternal nature of the bond, while the open center was meant to be a doorway to things unknown.
So there you have it. Woo aah info.
2007-05-17 15:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
With all due respect, the word is vain. Not vane, and not vein either. Vain. God is such a commonplace utterance that only a real totalitarian would take issue with its usage. I do not believe in sky fairies yet I still say "oh god" probably at least 10 times a day. It is no big deal. Sanctimony is a much bigger offense, in my honest opinion.
2007-05-17 15:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I personally think that the expression "Oh my God." (and I did not mean that in an offensive way twoard you or God) came from people actually saying "Oh my, God" As in God, help. Then that expression went from almost like a small prayer to just something that people say everyday. Also, I believe the same with "Jesus Christ" People where talking to him, saying "Jesus Christ, Help me" but that was also twisted and turned into everyday thing. I don't agree with it and I don't understand why it is SO much harder to say gosh, or goodness, but that is my personal veiw and I know that not everyone would agree with me.
I hope that my answer did not offend anyone, I promise I did not intentionally mean to offend anyone all!
God Bless =-]
2007-05-17 15:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by ☮ Miss ♥ Sloan ♫ Amor ツ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My guess is swear words have been here for a very long time. Maybe not in the same context but think about it, every single language in this world has swear words.
2007-05-17 15:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by silver wings 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, originally, this meant what Moses recieved at the burning bush: "I AM WHO AM" was God's name. Anyone who was to say that with disrespect was punished. in fact, soon it became that the name was sooooo holy that any mention of it was considered "in vain." Thats why Jesus got crucified because when they asked him if he truly was the "Chirst, the son of the living God?" (notice they can say "God", but no "yahweh" or "I AM). Jesus responded "I AM"....the single response that could've gotten him crucified. In their terms, he blasphemed.
But this developed into our time...it started out as a curse to someone: "God, damn him to hell!" Soon they started using it as a derogotory to a situation, like "GD this garden!" (frustrated gardener). After a while, people used God's name to fit any situation that frustrated him. While Jesus and Moses refered to saying God's name at all...and Jesus saying curse nobody...this developed.
2007-05-17 15:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by JMAC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if God included it in the ten commandments, then people have been doing so since biblical times...most likely with Adam and/or Eve being the first.
2007-05-17 15:18:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God or "something" that you think of.............. might not be that important to that person that is using it the word god in vain and do not mentally put it where you do.....
Say the person loves baseball and you said I swear to baseball they might be offended....
It depends on there level of religion... "God" is a name that we gave what we call a faith.....
Don't be to disturbed and think positive and be happy about yourself and what you believe in, to keep your happiness, stay away from negitive people and take it with a grain a salt....dont bother yourself on people that drain you and make your efforts on people that charge you make yourself happy don't be too stressed......blessed be---char
2007-05-17 15:31:44 · answer #10 · answered by thinkpositivedave 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋