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Bobby's Mother Invoking 'Tetragrammation'

posted 10 years ago by Jeepster7
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That is a major goof on the part of the writers. You see "Tetragrammation" is one of the ancient names of God. For instance, Yahweh, Jehova, I AM, etc.

Watching "Bobby" leads one to believe that he is some sort of demon or prince of the underworld when Lysette Anthony's character holds the ritual and invokes his name. It's a goof/plot hole of course because as I've stated, that's a name of the Christian God, and you would have no business getting him to raise up a spirit back to life, bring back the dead, etc. You certainly wouldn't get God to act by holding a occult ritual which is forbidden in Christian religion. God is not going to release anybody from Hell for that matter, so that's poor research on the writers part. Just saying.

[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

That's very interesting. I did not know that. I've heard the other names you've mentioned used to refer to God, but never that one. I never put much thought into the names she tried to invoke as a matter of fact, but it is still very interesting. I wonder if she says it in the "Dead of Night" version.

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