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Taboo over the name of God

Started by Oexmelin, April 15, 2009, 06:38:25 PM

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Malthus

Makes no logical sense to me, as the real "name" of God in Judaism is unknown. However, lots of things in Judaism make no sense - it "makes sense" in a symbolic manner; it is an allusion to the notion (very ancient in many cultures and not confined to gods) that the ultimate gesture of respect towards someone or something is to make its very name taboo - as names have power and naming something is, in a way, to exercise power over it. The result is that, eventually, a new discriptor is used (the vowel-less "YWHW" becomes "Elohim" or Lord or God); the new discriptor becomes taboo in its turn ("God" becomes "G-d"). And so on.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Neil

Quote from: PDH on April 16, 2009, 07:59:44 AM
S-r-ly,  y--  c-n  s--   h-r   pr-bl-m.  V-w-lls   -r-  -v-l.
I understood that easily.  The ability of the human mind to read patterns is amazing.

I am now motivated to study Evil Science.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Tamas

From which game your avatar is, CdM?

Brazen

"All I said was this fish is good enough for Jehovah!"

Josquius

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Very strange, I've not heard of this. And here I thought God was being respectful- as opposed to Jehova or god.

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Robert Graves argued that YHWH was just a substitute for the real hidden name.

which was drawn from the vocal vibrations that animate the entire universe.

in other words, vowels.

thus, AEOUI

:bowler:

OMFG! :O
God is....a Frenchman!
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crazy canuck

She is just setting you up for the day she can't hand in an assignment on time for "religious reasons".

Martinus

Fail her for being a retard. That's what I'd do.

garbon

Quote from: Martinus on April 16, 2009, 10:25:50 AM
Fail her for being a retard. That's what I'd do.

That's awfully religious of you, Marty.

She'd be passing but she refused to write out GOD. I can't have that, no sir.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Martinus

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@ CM & Valmy: That's what I read, but I have / had reasons to doubt that particular student is Jewish.

Maybe it's got something to do in her family, i.e., parents taught her.

Probably.
Incidentally, she's from Baltimore...

Probably Catholic upbringing.  Severely Catholic.
I don't think the whole "G-d" idiocy is espoused by the Catholic Church.

Chances are she is a retard/teenager (yes, I realize the distinction is redundant) and thinks it somehow makes her special and unique, so she adopts some retarded idea that is not strictly commanded to her creed.

Martinus

Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:28:24 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 16, 2009, 10:25:50 AM
Fail her for being a retard. That's what I'd do.

That's awfully religious of you, Marty.

She'd be passing but she refused to write out GOD. I can't have that, no sir.
What if she "refuses" to write "their" and instead writes "there"? It's a fucking typo - if a student does not know proper spelling of words, she should be failed.

Martinus

Incidentally, if someone has a respect for their dog, do they write "d_g"?

Valmy

Quote from: Martinus on April 16, 2009, 10:33:47 AM
Incidentally, if someone has a respect for their dog, do they write "d_g"?

Can I call you M_rtinus from now on?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Neil

Quote from: Martinus on April 16, 2009, 10:33:47 AM
Incidentally, if someone has a respect for their dog, do they write "d_g"?
No.  But they might write 'Sp_t'.

The problem is that assorted idiots think that 'god' is the actual name of their deity.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Martinus

Quote from: Valmy on April 16, 2009, 10:34:50 AM
Quote from: Martinus on April 16, 2009, 10:33:47 AM
Incidentally, if someone has a respect for their dog, do they write "d_g"?

Can I call you M_rtinus from now on?
Can I call you Susan?

Valmy

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."