Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh

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Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh

October 16, 2013 at 5:11 pm

Quote:For two reasons, and I'll correct you as you said we don't use Elohim, we do, it translates as "God".

Except in all other cases in Hebrew the "im" suffix is plural. Goy. Goyim.

So Elohim means "gods." Obviously this constituted a problem for when the jews later became monotheists.

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Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Lemonvariable72 - October 14, 2013 at 6:54 pm

RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Minimalist - October 14, 2013 at 6:58 pm

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Brakeman - October 14, 2013 at 8:56 pm

RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Clueless Morgan - October 14, 2013 at 10:24 pm

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Minimalist - October 14, 2013 at 10:22 pm

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by FallentoReason - October 14, 2013 at 9:53 pm

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by ThomM - October 14, 2013 at 11:40 pm

RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Minimalist - October 15, 2013 at 12:09 am

RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Aractus - October 16, 2013 at 2:52 am

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Minimalist - October 16, 2013 at 5:11 pm

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Aractus - October 18, 2013 at 5:18 am

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RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh - by Lemonvariable72 - October 18, 2013 at 11:20 am

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