Christians, why is the Name of your God: LORD on toilets?
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Lord comes from old English, meaning "guardian of the bread" - hardly a fitting title for God! The name of God in scripture is Yahweh, Adondai or Kyrios. "Lord" is just the closest English word chosen by the translators. If someone puts "Kyrios" on the toilet door, then maybe they're trying to be disrespectful.
You're a damn liar.
English loos have "Ladies" and "Gents" (or "Gentlemen")on them. If you've never been to England, try doing some research.
Your name sounds Dutch or Afrikaans (or maybe German). In those languages the men do indeed have "Here" for Gents,,, but while "Heer" CAN mean 'Lord', it can also mean 'Gentleman'.
What the motherfucking hell?
It says, "Ladies" and "Gentlemen," or "Men" and "Women." If this isn't a Poe, he deserves a two-by-four through his non-existent brain.
This reminds me of the Jamberoo pub. They had "Dave-o" and "Maude" on their doors, until it gots sold...
Fucking crazy, none the less.
Old Viking wrote:
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There are a lot of porcelain thrones here in the U.S. with the brand name "CHURCH". Apropos to pew? (pee-yew!)
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*sigh*
I hate this stupid argument. First of all your god's name isn't even "Lord", that is a title. It's not "God" either, that is also a title. In fact your god's name is Yahweh, or Jehovah, or something to that effect. In reality it was written in hebrew and was more like ???????. Otherwise known as the Tetragrammaton. Which sounds more like a variety of laser cannon than a diety.
Why don't any Christians even know what the name of their god is? Everytime I say "goddammit" they tell me "don't take the lord's name in vain!" and I tell them, "God is a title, not a name."
@Captain Obvious: "Otherwise known as the Tetragrammaton. Which sounds more like a variety of laser cannon than a diety." That is AWESOME.
(I do wonder why so few people know that. I was once told with a straight face by a Jewish person that Jews had never used that name for God, that must have been Christians. Then someone else (a Christian, btw) piped up saying Christians never had either. So no one actually knows.)
@ myheadhurts
I'm a California native. For a while I was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia and the public restrooms there had three doors. Men, Women, and a third one with no sign, which I, in my foolish youth attributed to those perhaps unsure of their gender. I thought it was funny. Of course, I went into several to see if I could get a clue as to the reason for the third. No clue for me. It never dawned on me what was going on until I pissed off everybody in the bus station one night by sitting on the almost unoccupied half, and all the black people got up and went to stand by the wall. So I got up and checked the other side, which was full; standing room only. Full of white people, that is, like me, only smarter.
Leaving aside the fact that "Lord" is not the name of any God...
I have seen any number of silly things on restroom doors. Lords & Ladies, Cowboys & Cowgirls, Bulls & Heifers, Kings & Queens, and many other attempts at cuteness. But usually, they just say Men & Women. So you fail. I'd say you're an idiot, but I'm going to just hope that English is not your first language and that you are merely confused.
@myheadhurts: There was a pub i went into in Edinburgh, that was just like that. The loos were hidden behing a book case with no sigh to say where they were. Thankfully there were two sets of doors on them, the book case ones then ones just inside befor you got to the toilets propper which had the names on them, which is a very good thing of there would have been a number of men (me aswell) shouted at for walking into the wrong one. As it was the bar staff just laughed at you.
Signori means lords or (respectfully) Gentlemen. Signore equally means 'Ladies' - les respectfully, women. It's the same in many languages. It has nothing whatsoever to do with religion. And to try to make a link strain credulity too far. This is a poe, or a person so full of shite that they cannot be for real. Now piss off!
BTW, Ba'al also means Lord! In even modern Hebrew Ba'al haBeit is Landlord. Ba'al haShem Tov is Lord of the Good Name... and so it goes.
Come to think of it, I once encountered an Australian, or Australian themed, establishment (restaurant or pub or something like it, I forget exactly what), with the toilets labelled "Sheilas" and "Bruces"
@ Tracer
That article was insane!
Funnily enough, a "poe" was my mother's term for a potty. I think this chap is suffering some kind of delusion resulting from the word "Ladies" triggering the phrase "Lords" in his head. As he is called Johann he probably isnt from an English-speaking country and hence doesnt have the chance to overcome his delusion by direct observation. Poor SOB.
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