Okay, I'm a little frustrated because I wrote a really good response and my browser ate it. Let me try again.
It doesn't translate into "don't use those words ever." They still use the words, they just spell them differently. I don't even see how you get that it "justify the total prohibition of anything good." It's out of respect for God.
I recommend you read the rest of that page. It talks about why names are important, particularly the names of God.
One more thing: I don't know where you're coming from when looking at this, but just in case - you can't really examine anything Jewish while thinking about Christians. Judaism is totally different. Faith means something totally different, the learning is different, there's not really a heaven or hell, etc. It's a whole different paradigm.
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Date: 2006-06-03 12:57 am (UTC)It doesn't translate into "don't use those words ever." They still use the words, they just spell them differently. I don't even see how you get that it "justify the total prohibition of anything good." It's out of respect for God.
I recommend you read the rest of that page. It talks about why names are important, particularly the names of God.
One more thing: I don't know where you're coming from when looking at this, but just in case - you can't really examine anything Jewish while thinking about Christians. Judaism is totally different. Faith means something totally different, the learning is different, there's not really a heaven or hell, etc. It's a whole different paradigm.