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Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"

From:Michael Adams <abrigon@...>
Date:Thursday, July 13, 2006, 19:55
Forgot, there is actually a difference between

Swearing
Cursing
Profanity

Swearing is like "I swear by the Blood of Jesus, I will kill
you" is both profain (using a gods name in vain, basically
calling on a power for trivial reasons), but it is false
swearing, since you likely did it when drunk or just did not
really mean it. So now you have Jesus attention and what? He is
a nice guy and all, but some of his friends you might have also
called on are not happy..

Cursing = "I damn you to hell." not a nice thing to do, and
normally only allowed by priests and like to consign you to the
lower regions, since you by being a non-priest, its just what
ever. It has no effect.

Profanity = calling on a power/God/Jesus/a saint or what ever
for trivial reasons..

A prayer is a good use of calling on Gods name, unless it is for
trivial reasons and therefore is almost profane.. or close to
it?

Old days, it seemed to call or use a powers name, meant you was
asking them for their attention, or why do Faires and like
creatures of Fey/Sidhe and like, you do not call them by their
NAME, but by a title or like, a title that is nice and polite,
cause if you pissed them off, they might come and do a trick on
you.

Trick or Treat, when your dead ancestors come back from the
world of the dead, around 15 October, they want something, blood
and food or mischief. So to keep them busy, you give them treats
or they take your arm or cattle (trick is how they take your
cattle, eat them or just steal them). Also could be a methaphor
for the Tax Man or just local raider or like?

Feeling humorous is all.

So should I call on Yahweh or Adonai? Sometimes getting
attention is not a good idea.

Mike

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