And that is?
I was alluding to using the name he gave us, instead of just calling him God.
Are God and Yahweh one and the same?
To my knowledge, yes.
First Christian I have met who doen't own a Bible, why? Whats wrong with the Bible?
Already translated for you, saves you time.
In my opinion it's better, many of the words used have different shaded meanings; It ends up being more in depth. I guess for most people it's ok but for study of scripture it's good to have Ampliefied scripture.
Why did the Jews do that?
Don't know exactly, but I can find out.
God doesnt insist on us calling him by name. I am sure God will still listen to me if I called upon him with Lord or Father etc... I use whatever makes me feel comfortable, obviously nothing like Mother etc...
Yahweh the true Father says He is jealous for His Name, and He will not allow praises to graven images that proceed from common titles, Isaiah 42:8. Isaiah in 42:8, "I am Yahweh, that is my Name," He didn’t say, "That’s one of my names" or "You can just call me whatever you wish, I’ll know who you mean." On the contrary. He said, "That is my Name." In Exodus 3:14 He tells Moses: "I am that I am," or "ha Yah asher ha Yah" some translate it as "I Am that I AM", Jesus in Hebrew is Yashua it litterly means Yahweh-Saves.
considered blasphemy? Show me.
The commandent you are reffering to is the third I presume.
"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
(Exodus 20:7)
I do not see how calling Yahweh God or Lord is taking his name in vain.
You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
You can use his name, but don't do it out of contempt; in the passage above I answered you question why we should use his name. He did not say "Don't use my name ever", just don't do it in vain show some RESPECT.
Has there been a war in Saudi Arabia? nope. And its one of the richest countrys in the world, its not in shambles. Yes there are inhumane acts in Saudi Arabia ,I agree fully.
Sauid Arabia Has oil, but that's about it all that it has; stick to the facts you make it see like the Middle East is an Economic Paradise.
Saudi Arabia: 25,795,938 population
GDP: $287.8 billion (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita: $11,800 (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate: 25%
Economy:This is an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities. Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of petroleum in the world (25% of the proved reserves), ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC. The petroleum sector accounts for roughly 75% of budget revenues, 45% of GDP, and 90% of export earnings. About 40% of GDP comes from the private sector. Roughly five and a half million foreign workers play an important role in the Saudi economy, for example, in the oil and service sectors. The government in 1999 announced plans to begin privatizing the electricity companies, which follows the ongoing privatization of the telecommunications company. The government is encouraging private sector growth to lessen the kingdom's dependence on oil and increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population. Priorities for government spending in the short term include additional funds for education and for the water and sewage systems. Economic reforms proceed cautiously because of deep-rooted political and social conservatism.
The Bible will show that the Jews were always referred to as a people, and not as a nation. And an understanding of the history and destiny of the Jews will reveal the fact that the Jews were not intended to be a nation. But what constitutes the Jews as a people?
Wrong, Jews are both a Nation/Religion/Race; here's the proof and if you don't believe me go ask a Jew.
The Jews Are a Nation or a People
It is clear from the discussion above that there is a certain amount of truth in the claims that it is a religion, a race, or an ethnic group, none of these descriptions is entirely adequate to describe what connects Jews to other Jews. And yet, almost all Jews feel a sense of connectedness to each other that many find hard to explain, define, or even understand.
The best explanation is the traditional one given in the Torah: that the Jews are a nation. The Hebrew word, believe it or not, is "goy." We use the word "nation" not in the modern sense meaning a territorial and political entity, but in the ancient sense meaning a group of people with a common history, a common destiny, and a sense that we are all connected to each other. We are, in short, an enormous extended family.
Some Jews don't like to use the word "nation." Jews have often been falsely accused of being disloyal to their own country because of their loyalty to the Jewish "nation." Antisemites routinely accuse Jews of being more loyal to Israel than to their home country. But whatever you want to call it, that sense of nationhood or peoplehood is probably the only thing about Judaism that we can all agree on and that we can all relate to. Anyone who feels any sense of Jewish identity shares that sense of Jewish peoplehood.
When we speak of that nation, however, we do not refer to it as "Judaism." We refer to that nation as "the Jewish people" or "the Children of Israel" (a reference to our patriarch, Jacob, also known as Israel).
This notion of Jews as a nation or people encompasses many of the ideas above. As a nation or people, we share common ideas, ancestry, and culture, but there is also room for diversity in each of these areas. The most important part of being a nation is that sense of interconnectedness.
Judaism as a religion is very communally-oriented. For example, our prayers are normally stated in the plural, and we are supposed to pray in communal groups. Many of our holiday observances are family or community-oriented. And yet, even people who are not religious at all feel that sense of Jewish community.
When Jews suffer or are persecuted, we all feel their pain. For example, in the 1980s, when Africa was suffering from droughts and famines, many Jews around the world learned for the first time about the Beta Israel, the Jews of Ethiopia. Their religion, race and culture are quite different from ours, and we had not even known that they existed before the famine. And yet, our hearts went out to them as our fellow Jews during this period of famine, and Jews from around the world helped them to emigrate to Israel.
When a Jew does something illegal, immoral or shameful, we all feel the shame, and we all feel that it reflects on us. As Jews, many of us were embarrassed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, because Lewinsky is a Jew. We were shocked when Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin was killed by a Jew, unable to believe that one Jew would ever kill another.
And when a Jew accomplishes something significant, we all feel proud. A perfect example of Jews (even completely secular ones) delighting in the accomplishments of our fellow Jews is the perennial popularity of Adam Sandler's Chanukkah songs, listing famous people who are Jewish. We all take pride in scientists like Albert Einstein or political leaders like Joe Lieberman (we don't all agree with his politics or his religious views, but we were all proud to see him on a national ticket). And is there a Jew who doesn't know (or at least feel pride upon learning) that Sandy Koufax declined to pitch in a World Series game that fell on Yom Kippur?
http://www.jewfaq.org/judaism.htm
Do you know the difference between Zionism and Judaism?
No there is not, Yahweh is a Zionist and so am I.
Usally when they put a speaker of a different language on al Jazzera to speak, you can hear that person in the background even as the interpretator is speaking and they allow him or her to speak before the interpretator begins to translate.
I did not know that.
Speaking Italian will help you considerably if you are in Spain and vice versa.
Yes it will help a Little, but there's still a great language barrier between languages; here's an example Speaking Polish in Czech Republic won't help you even though there both slavic languages, you might understand a few words here and there but that's about it.