RE: Why Don't Christians refer to god as yahweh
October 17, 2013 at 2:05 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2013 at 2:10 pm by Doubting Thomas.)
(October 17, 2013 at 2:02 am)Godschild Wrote: They were so blinded by their own self importance to God
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Goddammit, GC, you gotta warn me to shut that thing off before you make one of your statements!
(October 17, 2013 at 5:53 am)max-greece Wrote: Matthew 1:23
The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel which means "God with us."
OK, I didn't realize that Matthew quoted Isaiah there. But yes, he was trying to shoehorn the story of Jesus to fit the prophecy but I guess forgot to have Jesus be called Immanuel in his narrative. I'm guessing that the Jesus story was written and then someone later added the bit at the beginning quoting Isaiah in an attempt to shoehorn the prophecy.
(October 17, 2013 at 9:04 am)max-greece Wrote: " at the end of the day it's not a literal name, nor is it meant to be"
And why is it capitalized if it isn't meant to be a name?
Probably the same reason they stupidly capitalize "he" and "his" when referring to him.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
