(September 26, 2010 at 9:50 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Technically, wouldn't his name be Yahweh, or some other combination of the letters YHWH and vowels? And thus, wouldn't taking his name in vain be impossible by this point, except by accident?That is technically true but most people don't use the name Yahweh but speak of God as if it were a proper name.
Quote: And why is a name so sacred? It's just a collection of letters and sounds that a culture thought pleasing enough that they decided to make it a name.Are you sure that's all a name it? That is how we think of names today but some cultures have felt differently and attached great significance to names. What I read in the Bible makes me think that they had some knowledge about names that we have lost. In any case God attaches more importance to names than we do.
His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 ESV
Romans 1:20 ESV
