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Upcoming interviews: Zac Efron and 'New Moon!'

Monday November 9, 2009

Categories: Actors, Interview

OMG. Tomorrow I will be interviewing both Zac Efron (for his new film, "Me and Orson Welles") and two of the stars of the upcoming "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon."

I think it's fair to say I am VERY EXCITED. Stay tuned.

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Andria
November 20, 2009 5:49 PM

I am thinking that OMG is an appropriate comment to be made on a Christian website. That doesn't set a good example. Others opinions may vary, but as a Christian website, I think the standards should error on the side of conservatism, and I definitely think that using God's name in vain would be pretty universally wrong under Christianity. Perhaps you didn't know that stands for Oh, my G.. Thanks

Nell Minow
November 20, 2009 9:24 PM
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I appreciate your comment, Andria. This is not a Christian website, however. Beliefnet welcomes all faiths as well as those who are seeking or questioning. My understanding of taking the Lord's name in vain is using God's name for false claims and promises and not for exclamations of astonishment or pleasure. I apologize for offending you and I hope you will understand that why I did not intend it to be offensive or consider it "universally wrong."

Cynthia Levinson
December 1, 2009 1:48 AM

OMG could also stand for "Oh, my goodness!" Many explatives have tame versions, such as "shoot," "darn," "heck," "crud," that are all equally well known as their four letter counterparts. The Name was not spelled out. Besides, not only Christians avoid taking The Name in vain. Anyway, G-d is not one of the names of the deity. English is not the language of the original scriptures. Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek are the languages of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. G-d isn't found in any of them. It is merely a conceptual translation such as deity. However, for your sake, I changed the "o" to a "-" so as not to offend.

Nell Minow
December 1, 2009 8:10 AM
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A wise comment, Cynthia, thank you. Yes, Orthodox Jews refrain from writing the word and use the hyphen, as you did, and when speaking refer to the deity as Hashem, which means "the Name." I like the way in "Fantastic Mr. Fox" they substitute the word "cuss" for the usual explicatives. And I like your focus on the meaning of the words and the commandment rather than the form.

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