God...not G-d

[He Rides A White Horse]

Personally, I don't see either as 'right' or 'wrong'.............those who choose to express His name as G-d do so out of reverence and love; those who choose to say it out loud or write it out do so for the same reason.

My opinion is that such a debate falls under the squabbling that we were cautioned about. Regards.

[AppyPappy]

The problems with email is that they are rarely factually true.

[grumple]

I rarely forward e-mail, because I get sick of people forwarding to me. The subject matter here just struck me as profound.

[Dead Corpse]

Spelling God as G-d is exactly like spelling Dog as D-g. A "God" is a deity. The word "God" is a noun, not someones name.

It SHOULD be readily apparent that using "God" instead of "Jehova" is already honoring the Judeo-Christian deity by not using his name.

[hellinahandcart]

Would one then show the same honor when speaking the word by saying "Gee (G) dash (-) dee (d)" as in "Oh my Gee dash dee" ?

Many Christians thought so at one time, apparently:

gee (see 2nd def.)
golly
gosh

All ways to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain.

However, as I understand it, the custom of omitting the "o" from the name of God is not just to show respect but to prevent a (witting or unwitting) third party from showing disrespect. Spoken speech is not a permanent form and can't be defaced.

[AppyPappy]

It is profound. One of the best I have read.

[Catspaw]

It SHOULD be readily apparent that using "God" instead of "Jehova" is already honoring the Judeo-Christian deity by not using his name.

Is it your intent to insult Orthodox Jews or are you just flaming for flame's sake?

[holden]

I understood #41 as fully contained in #33.
Regards,
HF

[hellinahandcart]

yet you don't see the faithful saying "J-piter" or "Ath-na".

For that matter, you don't see the faithful of Jupiter or Athena saying much of anything lately...

[zook]

I never saw this practice (of writing "G-d") until quite recently, and only on the Internet. Growing up as a frequent reader of a broad range of political, religious, and philosophic literature, it was something I never encountered among authors of any faith. My guess is that it's something "new age."

[Dead Corpse]

Is it your intent to insult Orthodox Jews or are you just flaming for flame's sake?

Neither. Just pointing out the fact that the failure of our education systems seems to extend to religious "Sunday" schools as well.

Do you disagree that the proper name for the Judeo-Christian deity is in fact "JHVH/IHVH/Jehova"?

[Catspaw]

New Age?

See my post #4.

[Catspaw]

Which came first: Judaism or Christianity?

[Wurlitzer]

"Normally, we avoid writing the Name by substituting letters or syllables, for example, writing "G-d" instead."

The problem is you have simply replaced one symbol for another with the exact same meaning and intention. It is simply symbolism. We just happen to use a small circle to represent the "ah" sound. A "-" or "#" or "@" used in its place still has the same meaning. Honorable and good intentions but in the scheme of world events meaningless.

[Dead Corpse]

For that matter, you don't see the faithful of Jupiter or Athena saying much of anything lately...

I know of a couple of people that are Grecco/Roman revivalists. Just because they are no longer making headlines doesn't mean they aren't still there....

[mhking]

Some people write/type the name out that way for their own religious reasons. Who am I to dictate to them what is right for their religious beliefs?

[Dead Corpse]

Which came first: Judaism or Christianity?

Are you trying to be funny?

[SJackson]

Thanks for the ping, but LindaSOG seems to explained it well in 23, including the evolving consideration of the internet as a non permanent source.

Got it right about shame and ridicule as well.