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For this reason only the priests were allowed to study the holy scriptures. If a selfish man, dominated by his desires would get in touch with this knowledge, he could not only use it to fulfil his desires, but also as a means of power to oppress others. The fact that our situation today shows that the priests who were left with the responsibility also fell in this ditch is another issue, but the times they are a’changing as Bob Dylon sings. When the Torah later in history became everybodys property, the only reasonable thing was done: All appearances of Gods name were removed and replaced by the Hebrew word “Adonai” which means ’the Lord’. Below is an image from a bible where the name has not been erased (from yhwh.com), but you can check it out in your own officially approved bible: Each time the word ‘the Lord’ occurs, it originally said YHWH, Gods name. |
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The name of God occurred 6828 times in the old testament, so it has been some task to remove all of them (in a time without ’search and replace’). This considerable task was of course done for a very good reason. If you have always had an inner dislike against reading your bible, you now know why: It is just about as useful as a plastic machinegun. Of course it is also this bible our own priests use, which explains why they are so harmless. |
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