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[fqllve]

It's a Jewish thing. Read about Kabbalah or somethin' along those lines.

Well the idea is that the personal name is of G-d is too holy to say or write. So G-d is also too holy to write down.

Why would his name be in English? Especially why would his name be in modern English?

[ECrownofFire]

God is everywhere.

Ergo, God is everyone.

Therefore everyones name is too holy to write.

I'm (kind of) pantheistic, and even then it doesn't work like that.

Of course, I don't believe in the Abrahamic god, so whatever.

[Realmfighter]

Your head is a place.

God is every place.

God is in your head right now run run away.

[Urist is dead tome]

That was a typo.

You can't write down the personal name of G-d. And G-d is really holy too.

God is everywhere.

Ergo, God is everyone.

Therefore everyones name is too holy to write.

I'm (kind of) pantheistic, and even then it doesn't work like that.

Of course, I don't believe in the Abrahamic god, so whatever.

*Sniffs air* I smell persecution coming.

[Eugenitor]

Really? I always thought it was Yahweh or Jehovah, depending on who you asked. (But remember, in Latin, Jehovah begins with an I!)

[MetalSlimeHunt]

It's...complicated.

[fqllve]

That was a typo.

You can't write down the personal name of G-d. And G-d is really holy too.

But its just some random word in some random barbarian language that just happens to be the current lingua franca. I mean, even in the Tanakh it's only the personal name of god that can't be written. Elohim, El, Adonai, etc. All those are cool to say. Unless you're just trying to mimic the vowelless writing of Hebrew.

[CoughDrop]

Well the idea is that the personal name is of G-d is too holy to say or write. So G-d is also too holy to write down.

... I'm not even.

[Urist is dead tome]

Really? I always thought it was Yahweh or Jehovah, depending on who you asked. (But remember, in Latin, Jehovah begins with an I!)

The first one is correct. Although the holiness "spills over".

That was a typo.

You can't write down the personal name of G-d. And G-d is really holy too.

But its just some random word in some random barbarian language that just happens to be the current lingua franca. I mean, even in the Tanakh it's only the personal name of god that can't be written. Elohim, El, Adonai, etc. All those are cool to say. Unless you're just trying to mimic the vowelless writing of Hebrew.

Barbarian language? You must be crazy!

Well the idea is that the personal name is of G-d is too holy to say or write. So G-d is also too holy to write down.

... I'm not even.

...Shut up...

[ECrownofFire]

God is everywhere.

Ergo, God is everyone.

Therefore everyones name is too holy to write.

I'm (kind of) pantheistic, and even then it doesn't work like that.

Of course, I don't believe in the Abrahamic god, so whatever.

*Sniffs air* I smell persecution coming.

Persecution for what?

[Urist is dead tome]

You. Or at least explaining you're beliefs another dozen times.

[Leafsnail]

If you can't say God... don't you end up having problems with praying?

[Eugenitor]

Why would we persecute him? This is the DF forum after all, we love deities that demand blood sacrifice.

[fqllve]

But its just some random word in some random barbarian language that just happens to be the current lingua franca. I mean, even in the Tanakh it's only the personal name of god that can't be written. Elohim, El, Adonai, etc. All those are cool to say. Unless you're just trying to mimic the vowelless writing of Hebrew.

Barbarian language? You must be crazy!

Not in the slightest. I'm sure the ancient Romans would agree with me about the barbaric nature of English.

Anyway, my point was that it's not even distantly related to Hebrew. There's nothing holy about English, and there's absolutely nothing holy about the noun god anymore than the word deity is holy.

[ECrownofFire]

You. Or at least explaining you're beliefs another dozen times.

Still doesn't explain why I would be persecuted.