Taking His Name in Vain
But there is a somewhat frightening organization gaining power today in the military, Called The Officers' Christian Fellowship. A second abuse (in my view) by the evangelical Christian movement in America is the refusal of believers to practice pharmacy or medicine independently of their religious views.
There are slightly different versions of the particular commandment by God that speaks of his name and how it shall be used; not taking his name in vain being the short version. "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name,” is the longer.
But the idea is that He’s picky about how His name is bandied about.
I mean that, not disrespectfully, but as a matter of clarification, because there are several instances in which the Religious Right have kidnapped the rights of others to force their acceptance of Him in their own way. So far as I know, He has not ever designated himself by particular religion, much less …