Friday, August 15, 2008

The end of singing the tetragrammaton.

Hallelujah!

Not that I ever sing or use it now, having long been repulsed by the idea.

Look, Jesus told us to address God as "Father," and never as "[Tetragrammaton]."

Thus, I will no more call God "[the four letters]" than I will address my dad as "Dale." Or even as "Bilko," his nickname (really).

Seems pretty simple.

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