Is it Using the Lord’s Name in Vain?

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When I was growing up my very religious Seventh-Day Adventist foster mother warned me about using the Lord’s name in vain. I couldn’t even say, “gee,” because she believe it was short for, “Jesus.” (If you look, “gee,” up in the dictionary one of the origins says just that.) Today I was looking through my emails. Whenever I do this I check the spam. I have found emails that are not spam in the spam so I always give it a quick glance over. There was an email title, “In Jesus’ Name.” I knew it was spam without opening it so I deleted it. But then I thought if someone is using, “Jesus,” to fool people into reading a spam email, is that using the Lord’s name in vain? My conclusion was it would have to be. The sender of the email is trying to use the Lord’s name in fooling people. Therefore the Lord’s name is used in a deceptive way. And that is using the Lord’s name with a lack of respect. My foster mother told me to always be careful what you say when using the Lord’s name.