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So I'm in a world religions class right now and we just finished a book called "Dynamics in Faith." Wonderful book, I encourage everyone to go read it.
Anyway, the book was talking about symbols and the nature of symbols in religion, and then said that, in essance to word "God" is only a symbol for God. It's not his real name, it's just a word point towards something bigger than itself that we cannot express otherwise.
So that made me wonder, how does this effect things like taking God's name in vain? If it's just a symbol, how does that differ the way we should use the word God?
I came to the conclusion that it's still a holy symbol, and we should treat it as such, but it was just such a neat idea. In general though, I don't personally take the Lord's name in vain. Instead I say goofy sounding this like "Goodness gracious" of the one that makes everyone laugh "Holy mother of [insert whatever is frusterating me here]."
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Galad Damodred Priestley I'd like to think those who have turned away from Jehovah are actually appealing to some other god when they say "OMG", be it themselves or whatever other gods/idols they have, possibly Satan. Or perhaps it is simply an exclamation that was once spoken devoutly, but has become so hackneyed that it has passed into meaninglessness. The very fact that it is meaningless to the people who use it pretty much shows how little they care for those to whom/which they are appealing, which is clearly not a characteristic of the Spirit.
Galad Damodred It's like when people say "good heavens" or "dear Lord" or "Jesus Christ". Figure of speech. You don't need to believe in any kind of god while saying it. Of course, there are those who are literally calling out to the Christian God when they use His name. Well, it should be a call, an appeal to Him. Of course you don't have to believe in any God to use it. Not believing just makes it easier to use in vain. I've actually never heard any real-life examples of people commonly using anything other names/things in vain like this. It's a phenomenon centred solely around blasphemy of the Judeo-Christian God.
Galad Damodred And Jehovah is a mistransliteration. It really should be Yahweh. Although saying his name is a blasphemy, although most Christians cannot even begin to grasp how little I care about blasphemy. I say " yehiy 'or" every time I light a candle, after all. rofl You try transliterating the Hebrew into Greek and see what you get. I was using the Greek form because it flowed better, not out of ignorance. I only care about blasphemy when it's used negatively. What does "yehiy 'or" mean?
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