[GCFL-discuss] 'When I grow up'

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Wow awesome thanks Siarlys!!!

Lance
John 8:32 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:51:19 -0600 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
> Hi Lance, 
> 
> greenBubble already replied to this, but I have a couple of points 
> to
> add. The original meaning of "Taking the Lord's name in vain" was, 
> very
> simply, the act of uttering the Name of the deity except when 
> explicitly
> allowed by religious law for an approved reason. (As greenBubble 
> said, in
> Jewish tradition this meant only by the High Priest, and then only 
> on
> authorized occasions within the Temple). Pagan cultures believed 
> that if
> the "secret name" of their patron god were discovered by an enemy, 
> that
> enemy could defeat them in battle. The letters JHWH, also known as 
> the
> Tetragrammaton (Greek for "four letters") was a way of referring to 
> the
> name by consonants without divulging exactly what it is. The names 
> Yaweh
> and Jehovah are variants on the same set of consonants. El or 
> Elohim
> translate more generally as "G-d" or as gods (in the plural pagan 
> sense).
> The world elohim, plural, means man gods. Used with a singular
> conjugation, this plural word mean THE G-d, who possesses ALL the
> attributes pagans gave to one or another of their gods. That is the
> little I know, there is a lot more to it. 
> 
> Siarlys
> 
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:22:42 GMT "Discussion of the Good, Clean 
> Funnies
> List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> writes:
> > GreenBubble,
> > 
> > How old is this tradition?
> > 
> > I've heard the word Jehovah was created through of this tradition. 
> 
> > Peices from Yahweh and another one of His sacred names. Took out 
> all 
> > the vowels of these two words and created J*****h. I understand 
> you 
> > don't think us typing these names online are breaking your 
> > tradition, and I don't mean to impose on your tradition, but it's 
> 
> > the only way I know how to ask the question.
> > 
> > Thanks GreenBubble,
> > In Y*hw*h we trust,
> > Lance
> > All the people, lemme hear you give a holler:
> > IN GOD WE TRUST! IN GOD WE TRUST!
> > We stamp it on our penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar.
> > IN GOD WE TRUST! IN GOD WE TRUST!
> > -- "Indivisible" by Pillar
> > 
> > -- "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" 
> > <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Carla
> > 
> > I appreciate your sensitivity and consideration.  I'm touched.
> > 
> > One of the things that I have come to like about this discussion 
> > group,
> > which may have been lacking at one point, is the ability to 
> discuss 
> > opposing
> > viewpoints while respecting each other's right to his/her 
> > viewpoint.
> > 
> > Here is what I wrote when we first discussed this a while back.
> >         We (Orthodox Jews) treat His Name as holy, and must avoid 
> 
> > profaning
> > it or destroying it. When holy books, such as Bibles, prayer 
> books, 
> > etc, get
> > worn out, they have to be buried. 
> >         It does not matter what language it is in. 
> >         To utter G-d's Name in an unclean place (I.e., a bathroom) 
> 
> > or to
> > write it on a paper which will be discarded would violate this 
> law. 
> > 
> >         I keep a small prayer book in my pocket. When I enter a 
> > bathroom, I
> > remove it. 
> >         To avoid inadvertently violating this, we never say or 
> write 
> > the
> > Name in informal conversation or writings. 
> >         Writing it on a computer screen probably does not violate 
> 
> > the law,
> > but habits are habits.
> > 
> > That said, I neither require nor expect any of you to comply with 
> 
> > this rule.
> > 
> > greenBubble
> > 
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