you ofc being the EXPERT on G_D
which part did you not comprehend
What is ofc? What is a G_D? Are you trying to say that i am asserting myself as an expert on god?
Do you understand humor? and the OP post? The humor? in both his post and mine? He made a funny about god telling people to run for president and I made a funny about the candidates that god chose to tell to run for....oh never mind.
What is ofc? What is a G_D? Are you trying to say that i am asserting myself as an expert on god?
Do you understand humor? and the OP post? The humor? in both his post and mine? He made a funny about god telling people to run for president and I made a funny about the candidates that god chose to tell to run for....oh never mind.
Deuteronomy 5:11 ¶ Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
The early Jews took out the vowels and spelled Jehovah as YHVH so they wouldn't take the Lord's name in vain. Taking out the vowel of "God" equals "G_d". They somehow think they will get away with it and we all know what they mean.
Other people dare God to not hold people guiltless by making others take the Lord's name in vain.
There is also a person I know who doesn't want to be in the presence of anyone taking the Lord's name in vain because that creates a dilemma for him because he feels morally responsible to do something and he doesn't know what he can do.
God apparently has a sense of humor.
I think people who take the bible literally should examine how they live their lives, literally. You can't pick and choose and maintain credibility. I think the bible's intent on using the lord's name in vain is using it in a means to gain favor for yourself or for other means. For example, invoking the lord's name to get money from vulnerable people. Like modern day televangelist. Saying or spelling out God, Yahweh or Creator isn't using the name in vain. Besides, the names we use are simply words we made up to label what we feel to be the supreme being.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/7-14.htm
We don't need a go-between. We don't need a priest or a politician. I'm sure if we prayed about it and listened, maybe God will get a point or two across to us and we would know who to vote for, what to say or what to do. We don't need these priests in our lives and the passage says nothing about a "go between" or anything like that. I don't have to give. The reason you all and we all have suffering in your/ our lives is because you won't turn your will over to God.
Sure does. Look at yourself and me. A huge sense of humor, exceeded only by incomprehensible love for each of us.