The bible with it's sixty -six books opens with "In the beginning God..."In the beginning of the Bible there was God only and nothing else. At that time God was only in His one aspect the "triune" Father, Son, and Spirit. Therefore, God referred to Himself "Us" and "Our". In Genesis 1:26 God said,"Let Us make man in our image, according to Our likeness." This indicates that God is three - the Father, the Son, and spirit- and therefore has the aspect of being three. Beside this, there was nothing else.
That is what I was referring 9 pages ago:
G-d is an English word indicating deity.
This word is derived first from Latin which, in its turn, derived from Greek as well. This word "
God" was first invented in the greek version of the Bible "
The Septuagint" from where the Latin and the English version are derived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeptuagintIn the hebrew version of the Bible (Tanakh) the term G-d is translated with: Elohim, Adonai, El and YHWH.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TanakhEvery God's name has it own different meaning. As I think we have lost a lot by incorporating all his names in one word (
God) I think it is better to use the word
G-d when needed instead using the uncensored version
God.
I understand, now, that for you this is not the God's name but you'll never know who will be reading your thoughts so it is better to use the censored version (G-d) to respect the reader.
Hope this is clear enough.
Thank You
The word
God is derived from the Greek word
Theos.
In the Genesis episode of creation the Hebrew word is
Elohim which is the plural of the name
Eloah, an expanded form of the common Semitic noun
"'il" (ʾēl), which in details is in number:
I don't see why it's odd, to say breaking the commandments is sinning.
That's just wrong.
I'm Christian, I follow Jesus Christ's teachings. Trying to break it down into anything else is complicating something that doesn't have to be complicated.
That doesn't answer my question: what branch of Christianity are you?
Thank You.
