Why do people use the name Jesus in vain ,  and not the names of other religous persons?
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I'll take a stab at this one - \n\nI think it may be because of the incredible power and glory the name of Jesus has!\n\nThe Bible says that "...at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Phillipians 2:9-11)\n\nBecause that day has not yet come, our Enemy is doing all he can to stain the name he fears, and influences people to misuse the name of Jesus at every opportunity.
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There is plenty of historical evidence that there was a real man named Jesus that did and said the things that are recorded in the New Testament.  Some people choose to dismiss him as  a myth because it easier then to have to deal with who He was and what He taught.  Basically, you either believe He is who He claimed to be - The Son of God - or you don't.  And if you choose not to believe, you have to justify why you don't believe.  Embracing the "myth theory" is one way to justify ones unbelief.  But if you seriously study the evidence, I think you will see that it is a flimsy argument with no historical support.  Most of the people on here that claim Jesus is a myth have never examined the evidence one way or the other.  Most of them just heard someone else say it was so and they latched on to it as a way of dismissing the whole story.  At least in their own mind.
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Christ is not a last name--it is an honorary epithet meaning "the anointed one" in Greek (Christos). The New Testament was written in Greek, and the Gospel writers used this term to indicate that Jesus was the Messiah.
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I Don't Know Why Christian People Call Jesus God!!!He's NoT!!
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Tradition.  The translation from the original Greek to Latin and then to English came up with "Jesus."  Even the newer translations which go back to the oldest preserved texts still seem to use the name, even when the translators know better.\nHow do expect this to change if you have to tell millions of worshipers that they have been mispronouncing the name for centuries?  They will always come up with some lame excuse to explain their own ignorance about the topic.
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Because religion gives people a chance to still have a Santa Claus figure in adulthood without feeling too ridiculous, by renaming it 'god', and thus trying to make it sound like a more grown-up idea.  It's simply a character flaw in people who don't want to accept reality.
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I think that the word "Name", you may be taking too literally.  By name, I do believe it would mean God.  Like using your name, means you, not your name.  Your name is who you are, and we call God, GOD, even Christ or Jesus to some, and by those names, we mean God, or Jesus.
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You are right, it sounds stupid when it's interpeted that way.  Perhaps the preachers and priests are pulling a fast one eh?\n\noh, and three gods in one? what's that about?  father/son/holyghost????  where did the ghostie come from???????\n\nthe only explanation i can really give you is that most people simply listen to other people about who to follow blindly.  I read the bible, and I know that this stuff about praying to jesus is crap, jesus is not god, never was, and he would tell you so if he was here right now.\n\nJesus always admonished his followers to pray to his father, God, he never said "Pray to ME!"
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Jehovah isn't his name it is a title.     \n\n It is called the unspeakable name, because God told them not to take his name in vain.  This is because the name of God has power.    Since it is so powerful to speak it  nonchalantly causes a "waste" of the power of his name.   The people back in Moses' day were so scared of taking that name in vain, the never spoke it.   They called him Jehovah, or the God.   The would not even write it.  If they felt it necessary to write it they left out letters.   \n\nPeople too freely speak the name of Christ now days (myself included.)   We should hold it more sovereign than we do.   There is power in the name of Christ.
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This is a good question and one which is often not understood correctly.\n\nSome people are not so ignorant as others.  Some people are not so self-righteous.  In Hebrew tradition, the name of Divinity is never to be spoken in a mundane manner.\n\nYHWH was mentioned by letters or using another word like Elohim, so as to not speak the Name of Divinity.  The word G-d is often used as an English translation and therefore, for some people, too holy to speak or write in anything except pray or praise.\n\n"In vain" means "in an irreverent or disrespectful manner."\nOther words, like Divinity, get the point across without disrespect or dishonor.  It is not just Hebrews who do this.
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Because they reject God, not necessarily us. But Jesus did say that "those who hate me will hate you also". I think it's sinful nature to hate the idea of an almighty God that is gonna judge those who don't repent.
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It does not bother me in the slightest.  How can such tyranny have come from a true Christian?  That's not Love, that's not how Jesus would ever want people to act in His precious name.\n\nRather, those who participated in such heinous deeds were users of the faith for their own political agenda's and had no real love for Christ.  They have nothing to do with me.
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Yes I do wonder.. I wonder what you are trying to say.  I know the Watchtower uses Ps 83:18 to say we have to use the name Jehovah when talking about GOD as if GOD is too dumb to know who we are referring to.   In reality, they even admit that Jehovah was not GOD's name but since they had millions of things printed before realizing that, they had to stick with it.  Yahweh is far more accurant but in reality GOD has many names but the name HE is most accurately know by is I AM.  This is the same name JESUS used for Himself in John 8:24   \n\nMore important, GOD wants a relationship with us far more then a formal agreement.  My kids knew I was their dad long before they knew my NAME!
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There are many people like that in the world today. And I don't see any larger following they would have. So why should Jesus be any different?
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Most last names were derived from what the person did for a lving.  Since Jesus was a  Shepherd perhaps that was  his name.  His father Joseph was a Carpenter so that also could have been his name
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You raise an interesting question. There are quite a few insecure people attracted to some type religion. However, both Jesus and Mohammad were good and they tried very hard to get others to do the same. Nothing wrong with that.
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There will always be people who claim they are doing something in the name of God.  They are not thinking whether or not this is something Jesus would do.  I am sure this is something Jesus would not do.  These people are turning people away from Christ and are giving Christians a bad name.  It angers me to see something like that.  They will have their day when they have to give God an explanation for their actions.