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Many believe this to be saying things such as oh my God, good God, God dangit, etc but if we look at the real meaning of vain, we see this isn't so.

In vain means to not accomplish or do what is desired, so to take the Lord's name in vain simply means to say you are a follower of God, but to not live as so. Taking the lord's name in vain has absolutely nothing to do with our speech nor what we say, but everything to do with how we live.

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OHH MY XD

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Lol Jimmy

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Good, because I am always slipping up.  But being married to a military guy, you tend to get Potty Mouth

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I can understand that.

Ever heard the phrase "they searched for the missing child in vain?" Obviously, this means that they searched but had no luck in finding the child, which is what was intended by the search party.

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Originally Posted by Sonya Michelle Simmons:
Many believe this to be saying things such as oh my God, good God, God dangit, etc but if we look at the real meaning of vain, we see this isn't so.

In vain means to not accomplish or do what is desired, so to take the Lord's name in vain simply means to say you are a follower of God, but to not live as so. Taking the lord's name in vain has absolutely nothing to do with our speech nor what we say, but everything to do with how we live.

if that is true why then do the jews refuse to spell ou the word God they would express God as "G" or instead of Yahweh they would spell it YHWH. I would suspect that the jewish scholars whould know more about it then you just a hunch. not to start an arguement just to point out something from a different prospective. ask a rabbi

The first way is when we profess God's name but do not live answerably to it , Secondly, when we use God's name in idle discourse we are vainly using His name; like telling a joke with God or Jesus in it, Thirdly, when we worship with our lips and not our hearts we take His name in vain. We say we follow Him, and then worship Him in the secret place of our heart as the hypocrite. , Fourthly, when we pray to Him but do not believe Him we use His name in vain, Fifthly, when we, in any way, profane or abuse His Word, we are using God's name in vain, Sixthly, when we swear by God's name falsSeventhly, when we set God's name next to any wicked action we use His name in vain.ely, we use it in vain. Whenever we make a promise and do not keep it, we are lying as a Christian and making a mockery of God's name,  Eighthly, when we use our tongues in a way that dishonors God’s name we use His name in vain, Ninthly, when we make rash vows we use God's name in vain; Tenthly, when we speak evil of God in a circumstance He is bringing us through we use His name in vain.  Lastly, when we falsify a promise as if we were to do a thing if God does something for us, then we use His name in vain. This is a very short list of ways which we may use His name in vain.

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by all means you will not get a argument in here. It is my intent to provoke thought. for thought is a rare commodity. In a sense I am saying some that say "OMG" or such if doing it as a virgin of knowledge is one thing and when one has the knowledge it becomes many of those things. So, in short, when these people are educated that what they say is in vein, then, they will be held accountable. I like to think of this...."Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel."
As for the Jews. There are many wise and many ignorant as with any race or creed of people. Jesus, himself, felt it necessary to correct many of these people. " And are these Rabbis the same that believe in transubstantiation? So, it would make sense that they would take some things literally that were to be in parables. example...."Matthew 15. The Jews were upset that His disciples did not wash their hands before they ate, which would have made them ritually “unclean.” Jesus set them straight by saying, "It is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean, but that which comes out of him." And, yes the very example I used can be turned to go against the person saying "OMG" and such.

Thank you very much for your input. we all have our ideas. and yours is as important as mine or any ones.

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I will add.... "Mat 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mat 13:11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."

"Hath", representing he who has Salvation.
This did not require one to be a "jewish scholar"
When one truly knows God, understanding is gifted upon one. Thou, I do encourage study of The Word.