By the way, the "Woe unto you" poster at the top carefully elides the most important part of the Bible verse: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation." (KJV)
I could also add that the vanity of taking God's name does not come in the form of saying "God damn it!" Since God's name is not "GOD", to take it in vain means being so vain as to take God's name to yourself, to presume to legislate God's will and to even dictate to God.
By the way, the "Woe unto you" poster at the top carefully elides the most important part of the Bible verse: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation." (KJV)
I could also add that the vanity of taking God's name does not come in the form of saying "God damn it!" Since God's name is not "GOD", to take it in vain means being so vain as to take God's name to yourself, to presume to legislate God's will and to even dictate to God.
I *could* say that, but I won't ...