Comments on: Taking the Lord’s title in vain http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/ Truth Will Prevail Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kaimi Wenger http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259949 Kaimi Wenger Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:11:16 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259949 Good question, Alison. But do you really want to stop at 4, 9, and 10, only? I have to say, the blogging process occasionally makes me wish I has a good way around #6 . . . Good question, Alison.

But do you really want to stop at 4, 9, and 10, only? I have to say, the blogging process occasionally makes me wish I has a good way around #6 . . .

]]> By: Mark B. http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259921 Mark B. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:38:46 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259921 There are better reasons not to listen to that dreck. Such as: YECCCCHHHH! There are better reasons not to listen to that dreck.

Such as:

YECCCCHHHH!

]]> By: Struwelpeter http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259906 Struwelpeter Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259906 Not directly on point, but relevant: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/107/4#4 I've heard this same verse invoked as a reason not to listen to modern pop/rock mormon/christian music. Not directly on point, but relevant: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/107/4#4

I’ve heard this same verse invoked as a reason not to listen to modern pop/rock mormon/christian music.

]]> By: KurtS http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259898 KurtS Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:02:54 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259898 I'm still grappling with matching the title of president with Bush. I’m still grappling with matching the title of president with Bush.

]]> By: Adam Greenwood http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259873 Adam Greenwood Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:52:41 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259873 Clearly the prophets in modern Israel have commanded us not to cuss using God's "titles," and I think at least some of the time they've located that commandment in the scriptural third commandment. But if I were a Protestant I wonder if some of the stuff in the New Testament might not be a better scriptural source for not using the Father or the Son as cuss words. There's the thing about "every word which men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment," there's the thing about not swearing by God, which is the origin of our modern practice. Clearly the prophets in modern Israel have commanded us not to cuss using God’s “titles,” and I think at least some of the time they’ve located that commandment in the scriptural third commandment. But if I were a Protestant I wonder if some of the stuff in the New Testament might not be a better scriptural source for not using the Father or the Son as cuss words. There’s the thing about “every word which men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment,” there’s the thing about not swearing by God, which is the origin of our modern practice.

]]> By: KyleM http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259872 KyleM Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:48:40 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259872 Is a title, when only one person has that title (at least to us), any different than a name? Perhaps I'm just trying to justify how silly I sound when I say "Gosh damn it!" Is a title, when only one person has that title (at least to us), any different than a name? Perhaps I’m just trying to justify how silly I sound when I say “Gosh damn it!”

]]> By: JT http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259871 JT Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:39:34 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259871 #23 - I think you bring up a good point. Regardless of how ancient Israel (or even Moses) understood those words in Exodus, I think the current use of the phrase still underscores good doctrine. It certainly encompasses respect for the divine, not taking sacred things lightly, and, as mentioned in #25, finds past precedent according to Joseph Smith's revelation on the priesthood in the famous passage on why the Melchizedek Priesthood is called as such. #23 – I think you bring up a good point. Regardless of how ancient Israel (or even Moses) understood those words in Exodus, I think the current use of the phrase still underscores good doctrine. It certainly encompasses respect for the divine, not taking sacred things lightly, and, as mentioned in #25, finds past precedent according to Joseph Smith’s revelation on the priesthood in the famous passage on why the Melchizedek Priesthood is called as such.

]]> By: Nat Whilk http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259844 Nat Whilk Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:31:02 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259844 I think title vs. name is a false dichotomy. And I'm surprised that no one appears to have referenced D&C 107:3, 4. I think title vs. name is a false dichotomy. And I’m surprised that no one appears to have referenced D&C 107:3, 4.

]]> By: Johnna http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259832 Johnna Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:44:47 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259832 I'm just trying to break my kindergartner from saying "Oh My God." I’m just trying to break my kindergartner from saying “Oh My God.”

]]> By: bnielson http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/04/taking-the-lords-title-in-vain/#comment-259800 bnielson Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:14:45 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4505#comment-259800 Why would the original intent of this commandment apply to our day in exactly the same way? And why would we assume that "God," clearly once a title, would still be only a title in our day? And now that I'm on the subject, isn't "Jehovah" a title too? Why would the original intent of this commandment apply to our day in exactly the same way? And why would we assume that “God,” clearly once a title, would still be only a title in our day?

And now that I’m on the subject, isn’t “Jehovah” a title too?

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