In Judaism you’re not supposed to write out the name of God. But “god” is not a name so personally I think it’s some archaic nonsense like celebrating holidays for two days or not turning on electrical things on the sabbath.
Taking the Lord’s name in vain literally refers to the use of the tetragrammaton. We don’t actually know how to pronounce the tetragrammaton and the commonly given pronunciation is known to be deliberately wrong.
The metaphorical meaning refers to speaking for god, like for example getting extremely huffy about your personal misunderstanding of the third commandment.
Your dad is simultaneously wrong and guilty of the exact thing he thinks he’s mad about.
is it offensive to write God if you’re not Jewish? or is the author Jewish?
In Judaism you’re not supposed to write out the name of God. But “god” is not a name so personally I think it’s some archaic nonsense like celebrating holidays for two days or not turning on electrical things on the sabbath.
same shit when my dad huffs about TAKING THE LORD’S NAME if you say CHRIST when that’s not his fucking name it’s a fucking title
Taking the Lord’s name in vain literally refers to the use of the tetragrammaton. We don’t actually know how to pronounce the tetragrammaton and the commonly given pronunciation is known to be deliberately wrong.
The metaphorical meaning refers to speaking for god, like for example getting extremely huffy about your personal misunderstanding of the third commandment.
Your dad is simultaneously wrong and guilty of the exact thing he thinks he’s mad about.
Tetragrammaton?
In my Abrahamic religion?
All I did was say to my wife “that bit of halibut was good enough for Jehovah!”
Also, the screenshot is from The Times of Israel so I’ll let you decide for yourself what the author’s religion is