This may be petty, but I hate to see people refer to GOD in lower case.  The bible uses this to refer to idols.  Lower case 'j' in Jesus bothers me too.  Does it bother anyone else.
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I was raised to fear and respect the God I serve. Some people don't. I find it rather disrespectful, but not everyone serves the God I serve. So just like how we put our God in proper case, and their god in lower case, they do it to us. Us disregarding their beliefs is not different from them disregarding ours. You cannot push your beliefs on others (speaking generally of course). So, for me and you its like, "How can they stand to do that?" but for others, its like nothing. take care to look at it through their eyes also. Lastly, in spite of the way we refer to our God in writing does not make it any easier or us any more divine in our walk of Christianity, nor does our intolerance of others make us any better. It actually makes us a bit worse. Live how He wants you to live and show others your joy through the life you lead in Him. And don't get to Holy to laugh. I feel that will persuade others more than anything. much luv and stay safe.\n\nAngel
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please.....understand this...\n\n\n\nGod is a proper name.. HE is what (us) Christians call as their (our) divine Creator...\n\n\n\nbut god is a common name... it can be anything or anyone that resembles something with great power or influence..it can also be a synonym for deity...\n\nlike pagan gods or "money is a god" or animal/ nature gods (kami)... anyway, point is, when u capitalize "G" then you can't use it in statements like "money is a God"..y? \n\nwell like I told you "God" is a proper name.. using "a God" is grammatically wrong (and is very much wrong in essence) because of the article "a" added to it....also, statement like that violates the First Commandment (which I just did, anyway I was just using it for clarity sake)
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Don't mean to offend, but I don't like it.  Anything that ends in z when it should end in s should tip you off.\n\nI think it sounds pretty ignorant actually...You did ask for honesty...sorry :)
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I can attest that the KJV does mistranslate a lot of words. My trusty NIV holds up pretty well, I think I've only found two slight errors, but the KJV is definitely shaky at best. And no, the "thee" and "thou" parts of the KJV are not problematic, that is simply the language of the day and it doesn't matter if you translate, "thou art happy" or "you are happy", its the same thing. I love Greek.
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I DONT BELIEVE YOU PEOPLE. He leaves one y off of one word and we got the spelling police everywhere.  You never say anything hardly about questions that are barely readable but you notice a y out..  I think the question bothers you.\n\nIts a great question,  people who think they are better because they beleive in God probalby piss him off a whole lot.  I dont think thats what he finds the most comforting about Christianity especially.  thanks for the question!
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lol I dont think it matters. They are commonly used phrases in society and I dont take them literally. When I say such things, it is not premeditated, they just come out.so there is no real meaning behind them. Im not actually talking to a god or damning something to that non existent place at all.
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It's not exactly wrong to call the Almighty by the impersonal "God", just as it's not wrong to call one's offspring "Child". If we want a familiar and close relationship, however, it makes sense to use the personal name of someone we love. The Scriptures encourage us to use God's personal name.\n\nThe Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) seems to accurately pronounce the divine name. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.\n\nSome argumentative persons will argue that the Hebrew name “Yahweh” must only be translated into English as “I am what I am”. Yet such troublemakers fail to explain why they do not translate the Hebrew name “Yeshua” into English as “Jehovah is Salvation” or “I am what I am is Salvation”, which of course their small-minded literalism must surely require with regard to the name we know as “Jesus”.\n\nThe important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”. If you speak English, feel free to use the English form of the name: "Jehovah".\n\n(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth\n\n(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them
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Meghan, honey, the word "with" has an "h" in it, and the word "then" is spelled with a "th", not a "d". Do you think Jesus would be happy if he knew you were intentionally misspelling words and trying to make yourself look stupid so that you'll fit in with the ghetto crowd? Do you think Jesus would be happy if he knew that you were trying to get a date?
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Once again Christians display a woeful ignorance of the history of their own faith.\n\n"X" has been an acceptable and legitimate abbreviation for "Christ" for as long as Christianity has existed.  It is the Greek symbol for the first letter of Christ's name.  Yes SOME people use it as a sign of disrespect, but most use it as short hand, and there is nothing insulting, disrepectful, or impious about doing so.\n\nAs far as G-d, there are those who believe it is sacriligeous to write God's name, and that is their solution.\n\nIt's not too "hard" to write God or Christ, but it is some people's CHOICE to, and they are entitled to that choice without being constantly criticized and slandered by people too ignorant to understand why.
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First, because it is socially acceptable, second we as a nation have become susceptible to the influences of a fallen world, and desensitized ourselves.  Third, because so many people are walking around without the presence of the Holy Spirit to guide them in all things.  It is a sin to speak that way, and to use God's name for anything other than praise and prayer, or proper conversation.  Using it in vain is sin.  It was something I barely noticed before I was born again, now it actually hurts my spirit to hear someone swearing, cursing using God's name.
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Yes I do wonder.. I wonder what you are trying to say.  I know the Watchtower uses Ps 83:18 to say we have to use the name Jehovah when talking about GOD as if GOD is too dumb to know who we are referring to.   In reality, they even admit that Jehovah was not GOD's name but since they had millions of things printed before realizing that, they had to stick with it.  Yahweh is far more accurant but in reality GOD has many names but the name HE is most accurately know by is I AM.  This is the same name JESUS used for Himself in John 8:24   \n\nMore important, GOD wants a relationship with us far more then a formal agreement.  My kids knew I was their dad long before they knew my NAME!
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I have ran into some of these KJ only folks before. They are arrogant in their belief that they are superior to others who do not believe as they do. The Bible says knowledge puffs up but love edifies. They believe that all English versions are corrupt except for the KJ version. First of any English version is not technically as accurate as the original Bible languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Secondly, they fail to realize the even the KJ has been thur several updates itself- just open a KJ up and look at the copyright page that will state various years of editions copyrighted. If some one is going to be so hard-lined that they will not tolerate others who have different view then themselves-best to save your breath and time and let god deal with them.
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Could be a different Bible version.\n\nToday people love modern Bibles rather than the KJV.\n\nWhen i was doing my Bible studies with 8 Bibles I quickly tossed the "Living Word" as being trash.  The translators took so many liberties with phrases in that one I couldn't deal with it.\n\nI have a friend who collects Bibles and she gives a lot of them away keeping only the ones she personally likes.\n\nBUT, to get to YOUR question, how can YOU say MEAN AND VIOLENT and then use a phrase like IS THIS RETARDED?\n\nIsn't that the pot calling the kettle black?\n\nAnd yes, religious people do play with words.  A sad fact of life.  That's why I don't belong to an organized religon.\n\nThe sad fact of life is these people tell you how to live your life and they go home, get drunk, beat their wives up and make them give them oral sex, like any good Christian should do, right!
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Since we're into corrections on spelling:   It is "two" syllables and it is also "Jesus". Also "Sanctity".    Yes, needs definitely to revisit spelling class.   A B C D E F G.....hooked on phonics works for thee.
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I am one of those people! Sorry; it's such a habit that I'm not aware of it.\nIn Judaism, G-d's Name is so sacred & holy that it is never written out. We don't even say His Name. The terms you may hear others use such as YHVH or Jehovah are highly offensive & never used because they are inaccurate.\nWhen Jewish people pray, we use the term "Ha Shem" which literally means "The Name". We may also use the term "Adonai" which means "L-rd".\nHope this helps!\nAnd, it's wrong for me to write the word "Adonai". For me to write it like Jews do, it needs to be missing a vowel, but you'd then ask what THAT means!!!!!!!!!!! It should say "Ad-nai".
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I disagree with tagi.  The Catholics bow down to a cement Christ on a cross.  if that isn't idolatry, I don't know what is.  If your friend was killed by a gun, would you wears one around your neck.  It is a good thing he wasn't trampled by an elephant.   We don't need physical symbols are signs to have us remember the sacrifice of Jesus.  if we do, then the level of our worship is on the surface and not the heart.  I have seen a lot of drug dealers and gang members wearing crosses.  What does that symbol remind them of?  The bible strictly forbids us to make any object in the likeness of Him or anything symbols at all.  the early Christians forbid their usage and the only reason they are used now is because of Constantine trying to unite he pagans and the Christians.  the cross was used by the pagans long before Christ.
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This is just my opinion, but, I think people are losing the respect that He deserves.  There are more beliefs that use "the man upstairs" or "the big guy" things like that, than the actual word God. Therefore, I think that the reverence has been lost.  What a shame. Because He told us in the Bible that we are His, and He meant ALL of us.