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Zionist Times of Israel: “To see Jews as equal is antisemitic” (lemmygrad.ml)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2778563

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2778560

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-dislike-certain-ethnicities-is-racist-to-see-jews-as-equal-is-antisemitic/

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[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago

Also, why is "God" censored?

[-] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 33 points 10 months ago

Remember The commandment, don't take the Lord's name in vain?

Protestants typically ignore this completely, some define it as saying don't use God's name to curse, but some Jews take it to mean don't use God's name practically at all.

[-] drearymoon@hexbear.net 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It is part of Jewish theology to hold holy G-d's name and part of that is not writing it down on something that could be erased/deleted, so they alter it in some way like substituting the "o" for a "-". It's arguable if "God" counts as it is not one of the names prescribed in the original Hebrew, but some more religious Jews will do it anyways.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

Some Jewish people believe God's name shouldn't be written down unless necessary, although most people apply it to spelling it in Hebrew, not English.

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 10 points 10 months ago

People who think God gets mad when people take the lords name in vain think that if you cross out one of the letters that it tricks God and he no longer gets mad

[-] Orannis62@hexbear.net 12 points 10 months ago

It's less that and more that we're not supposed to write his name in a medium where it could be erased or defaced. The censorship is so that, if that happens, it didn't happen to his actual name.

Don't ask me why people do it with the word God, in English, though, given that that's not his name lol

[-] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Didn't "oh my God" use to be more taboo, while exclaiming "Lucifer" or demon was more acceptable? Maybe I am wrong

[-] Orannis62@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

I think that was more of a Christian thing? I could be wrong though

I mean I know saying Lucifer or demon was a Christian thing, idk for sure about not saying God. What I can say is that I was raised to say Adonai or Hashem, which are both traditional euphemisms to refer to him without saying his name, like saying The Lord. God was acceptable, but lightly discouraged in favor of the other two because the others were more culturally specific- just saying God was seen as more of a Christian thing. But that doesn't really tell us about the history.

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Simply draw a line in the dirt in front of god and it will be hypnotized

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