Comments on: Murder in the Name of G-d

by: MRB

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:25:42 +0000

As far as I am aware, every single book by Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been translated into English. Every one, that is, except his lengthy study of jews in Russian, Two Hundred Years Together. A major undertaking, the book is over 1200 pages in the French translation. For a brief review see here. You can order the French translation here.

by: MRB

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:06:31 +0000

frankq-

“Is it ever wrong to name a song “In The Name of God”?”

I think you mean, “is it ever okay to name a song “In the Name of God?” For surely it would be wrong if the song was full of blasphemy.

To answer your question, ask, would it be wrong to write an essay with the title “In the Name of God” where the author went on to show all the foul deeds committed by men in God’s name (say going to war in Iraq “in the name of God”). What would be objectionable about that? To turn the essay into a poem and them put the poem to music would, of course, not be objectonable either.

by: frankq

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:42:49 +0000

Is it ever wrong to name a song “In The Name of God”? Sorry, just been thinking about all this last couple of days.

by: frankq

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:05:58 +0000

Thank You for this clarification guys.

by: TJH

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:35:48 +0000

and not just the Orthodox. I have even seen an alleged jewish convert to Christ resort to the usage.

I would up the ante a notch and say that this usage is almost certainly a sign of alienation from God.

Who would find it to be a sign of respect to be addressed as T-m, or El-za, or H-rry?

The J-ws’ usage, purportedly to show reverence, is actually a sign of their deep alienation from the living and true God.

The use of a personal name is closely akin to the I-thee relationship. One encounters the Other face-to-face. In the Aaronic blessing, it says, “make his face shine upon thee.” When a face shines, we are drawn. A smile from one in authority is a relief; one is safe, and draws near. But the J-w hides; he cannot face Jehovah. He even invents a bogus name for him, to further his pretend-religion.

Surely, no further proof of total depravity needs to be sought for!

But the J-w should serve as a scare-crow for us as well, lest we fall into complacency. A false view of election will always lead to the opposite of what it should, namely pride, and a belief that God is really impressed with us.

by: ElizaF

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:03:26 +0000

Of course not; the author, MRB, is just making a point by doing what the “Orthodox Jews” do. Next time I meet one I want to ask why God wrote the Ten Commandments on tables of stone, and in so doing employed the name of God (spelled out), when those stones were forcibly broken, and then the whole thing done over.

God wants real reverence for his Holy Name, not pseudo-reverence.

by: FRANKQ

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:31:16 +0000

IS IT ACTUALLY BAD TO SPELL OUT THE WORD “G-D”?

by: JonathanB

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:24:59 +0000

Yes. For example, Chuck Baldwin, a big time disper and a member of the Constitution party, doesn’t support Israel for this very reason.

by: TJH

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:59:51 +0000

JB (#2) — I’m a little unclear as to what you are asking. Are you proposing, that though the Dispies now support Israel, their theological framework would not require them to do so? that their zionism is an accidental accretion, not a necessary outworking of their scheme?

by: MRB

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:56:02 +0000

Joshua -

Thanks for the correction. I’ve changed the typo in the article.