VaguelyCurious -> RE: Where r the gays on Little House on the praire? (5/6/2011 5:24:12 PM)
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ORIGINAL: VirginPotty
Why the G*d? Curse word?
Practicing Jews can take 'thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain' rather more stringently than Christians do. It's the opposite of a curse - they hold the full word as something too precious to be used in everyday conversation. Many names for God in Hebrew are eupemisms - they translate literally as The Word, The Name, etc.