(October 14, 2013 at 6:54 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Why do you always hear Christians refer to god as the lord or God, but they never call him Yahweh or elohim, which is what he is called by Hebrews in the bible. Intact many don't even seem to be aware that God's name is Yahweh and that by saying god, your not taking anyone's name in vainFor two reasons, and I'll correct you as you said we don't use Elohim, we do, it translates as "God". The first reason is that the pronunciation translation "Yahway" is based on a rather flimsy assumption, the closest name in the Bible to the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) is Judah (YHWDH) and has been transliterated into Greek and other languages, thereby teaching us its pronunciation. Furthermore, Judah, YHWH and Adonai all have nearly the same Masocretic vowel points over them. So basically that's the first reason, and the second reason, which is really the same point again, is because YAHWAY is not written anywhere in the Hebrew or Greek scriptures.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
