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Started by Greengiant, March 12, 2009, 01:44:27 PM

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Amomynous

Quote from: "JRL"Indeed lw. I was contacted so hard  the last time I saw the GD (1993) that my third eye was wide open for 2 days. My dose: 0 micrograms.

Man, when I first read that I thought you were doing some  tetragrammaton thing.

"Man, he hasn't seen G*d for 15 years? He needs to take the medicines more!"

laughingwillow

amom: I've been scratching me head since reading your latest post in this thread mentioning "tetragrammaton". SO I researched the term and still seem to need clarification on its use in this context. (Below is the best link I found during a quick search.)

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/2/Judaism/name/

From the linked page: The Tetragrammaton

The covenantal name of God in the Hebrew Bible is written with the four consonants: Yodh He Waw He. This name is known as the Tetragrammaton (Greek for "the four letters"). Although the Tetragrammaton was pronounced freely at the time the Torah and Prophets were written, its holiness in Judaism is such that it is no longer pronounced, except under very rare circumstances. In order to avoid offending religious Jews, one should not pronounce or misuse this name.
 Stringent rules also apply to writing any of the names of God. For example, once God's name is written it is to be neither erased nor discarded. It must be stored. This is why you see circumlocutions like "G-d," which do not need to be kept. (Recent rulings indicate that use in computer files or displays does not constitute erasing.)
 Most English translations of the Bible represent the Tetragrammaton with "LORD" or "GOD" in all capital letters.
Lost my boots in transit, babe,
smokin\' pile of leather.
Nailed a retread to my feet
and prayed for better weather...

Amomynous

In traditional Hebrew (and I believe in the Islamic faiths too), the names of God was written without vowels -- the tetragramatron is the four consonants of the word Yahweh.

Extending this to English, "God" would be written "GD" (it's a bit affected, but I've seen people do this, usually in jest but sometimes in seriousness). So I read the original post to say "The last time I saw God (1993)...".

In other words, you need more medicine! :)

JRL

G-d might not have been at the show(it was a huge sellout)  but the band played like funky angels and a splendid time was had by all.
a group of us, on peyote, had little to share with a group on marijuana

the marijuana smokers were discussing questions of the utmost profundity and we were sticking our fingers in our navels & giggling
                 Jack Green