As I continue to learn more about the origins of Christianity in ancient Israel, a delicious irony struck me.
Because of his demands, one could not utter the name of Yahweh, the top dog of gods. So, other names, lots of them, were (and continue to be) substituted. In the printed Bible, LORD is one of those. I never knew that.
And the anti-LBGBT fundamentalists today bitch about others wanting to be called different pronouns? Here was the original “other pronoun”.
Priceless!
Because of his demands, one could not utter the name of Yahweh, the top dog of gods. So, other names, lots of them, were (and continue to be) substituted. In the printed Bible, LORD is one of those. I never knew that.
And the anti-LBGBT fundamentalists today bitch about others wanting to be called different pronouns? Here was the original “other pronoun”.
Priceless!