To: grumple
It's Orthodox Jewish practice not to spell out the full name of the Lord in English; it's an echo of the (very wise) tradition not to say out loud the 'tetragrammaton', replacing it with 'Adonai' ("Lord") when speaking Scripture. I think it is an exceedingly righteous tradition and should be emulated by devout Christians.
OTOH, don't get me started on numbering years B.C.E. and C.E. ....
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
Isn't the practice one of leaving out vowels, in order to not spell the name out completely?
Seems to me I remember that JHVH is the accepted way for denoting the word "Jehovah" in Hebrew.
25 posted on
07/07/2003 4:41:34 AM PDT by
dawn53
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
I totally agree that devout christians should show more respect for the name of G-d. Do you have any links to guidelines that we uninformed might read? I feel somewhat guilty whenever I use the name in emails or other casual communications.
I also believe that the Third commandment was meant to refer to ANY use of the name of G-d, especially the reference to one's own self as a believer.
28 posted on
07/07/2003 4:52:19 AM PDT by
whipitgood
(are you ready to act?)
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
Who started that B.C.E & C.E. crap, anyway?
167 posted on
07/07/2003 11:59:05 AM PDT by
talleyman
(It's BC & AD)
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