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one more thing
the King James worships an idol.
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 4, 2005 at 11:30 AM
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I am taking this
not from the King James, which has basically clouded much of modern religous thinking, being derivative from the Medieval Church and its attitudes.
I am using a certain word here -- if you will notice, in these passages the word LORD is used.
This is from the tetragrammaton, YHVH, which, if you refer to a lexicon means, "to exist"
To me this is much more powerful.
It gets us away from the male anthropomorphic image (see? it's an image -- which is prosribed against in this passage) and into what God really is -- I say that unequivocably. My God is really the most real God there is.
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 4, 2005 at 11:29 AM
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xenox
Which Bible do you quote from here? God, what bland, pappy language! It's no wonder that Christian churches are losing their congregations ; if this Madison Avenue-speak rubbish is all they're offered!
Where is the power, the drama and the majesty of the King James version in any of this?
posted by
ariel70
on August 4, 2005 at 9:44 AM
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I agree...
I don't like such common names, just because they are so common -- makes them boring.
I used to mind not having a common name, made me self-conscious, but I feel differently now that I have grown, with age, more sensitive to monotony and boredom.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on July 4, 2005 at 8:09 AM
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personally, Dylan
i'm glad you're not a Rory
Dylan is a strong name
although there is Rory Calhoun, who starred in western movies. But who remembers him.
but Dylan is more modern (yeah right) -- sort of "in".getes away from the Bobs and John's and Bills.
I hate the name John in a way -- seems an easy way out -- the lazy person's method of naming -- so many boys are named John.
too many Johns in this world.
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 2, 2005 at 1:15 PM
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I just now saw this comment. I actually like those other names, too. My dad wanted to name me Rory, but Mom talked him out of it. It's not that it's such a bad name, but it's hard to pronounce.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on July 2, 2005 at 9:54 AM
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yeah, Dylan -- that's a good name
although there are much more than you think.
maybe it's the town where you grew up.
goes in cycles -- I have some friends my age (60) who named their boys Dylan.
It's a good Irish name, a la Dylan Thomas the poet -- got great poetry.
Then of course there's Bob, who took Thomas' first name as his last and launched a whole new era of music and thinking.
But it looks like there's a return to such names.
Personally, I hate such names as Jason and Kevin and such -- they're overused and such "cutesy" names for a kids who will think nothing of them until they've seen Halloween.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 1, 2005 at 12:09 PM
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Re: Good Name
Do you mean my name "Dylan"? If so, thanks. For my first 20 years I could count on one hand's fingers the number of other Dylans I met. Now, substitute teaching in an elementary school, I have encountered several Dylans, and apparently it's among the more popular names now. My parents were just 20 years ahead of the curve.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on June 1, 2005 at 8:19 AM
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thank you for your support, Dylan
good name, by the way.
it is gratifying to know that there are others who question the standard explanations.
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 28, 2005 at 7:38 AM
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I had not considered that God may permit worship or admiration of lesser gods as long as we do not place them above Him. Your post is very edifying (as is much of your writing).
Overall I like your interpretations of the Commandments.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on May 28, 2005 at 6:42 AM
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Painter -
I really like this. It sums it up well. And I don't see it as impersonal either. In fact, seeing the sacred, seeing "God" in everything is about as personal as one can get. It is the ultimate relationship with "God".
posted by
sannhet
on May 19, 2005 at 3:25 PM
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THAT IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING ehP
posted by
calmcantey75
on May 19, 2005 at 3:20 PM
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not impersonal
when you get down to it cantey
once you understand the essence of Existence -- the Grand Spark -- the total fusion of each moment, then you also become intimate with each moment as it comes to you.
the brilliance of each moment is the absolute Existence -- it is totally sacred and everything that is encountered in that moment
and yet stop and think
the moment
what is it?
it's gone
it's a flash that you can't catch.
you can't keep
so each one each encounter must be the most sacred thing in your existence
and all that you encounter in it. people, things, all that lives and all that you touch.
this is that YHVH -- that Total Existence. It is all each of has. everything else is over and done or just a fantasy.
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 19, 2005 at 3:15 PM
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E.H.P. - The globe's grand designer must be upset at the fuss over which God is which, knowing that he/she's one and the same for everyone, managing the planet with cultural committees.
posted by
reasons
on May 19, 2005 at 2:53 PM
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your rendering does 1 thing
it takes out personal relationship.
it removes Jesus Christ
therefore it is antichrist.
but other than that it is fine.
( Im sorry, I know I just acted like a fundamentalist nut, sorry EHP)
posted by
calmcantey75
on May 19, 2005 at 2:25 PM
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