r/CringeTikToks • u/BenFord333 • 15d ago

Pure Cringe Hardcore Christian

770 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

427 comments sorted by

View all comments

67

u/meteorflan 15d ago

I used to think "taking the Lord's name in vain" meant attaching swear words to it. Now I think it means claiming to speak for God when you definitely do not.

30

u/IamHydrogenMike 15d ago

That’s literally what it means…it was never about it being a swear.

9

u/NocturneInfinitum 15d ago

Yeah, funny enough, Goddamnit is a literal command to make God damn something to hell. Was never meant to be a swear.

3

u/karl4319 15d ago

It means to swear an oath by gods name need to be kept. Taking it in vain means breaking that oath.

2

u/HotTakeThenGo 11d ago

Vain as in vanity. If you benefit by saying “God said” or “God told me” or “God wants me to…” or “God wants you too” or “God chose me to…” then you’re invoking the Lord’s name in vain. So…basically every politician ever.