[Catspaw]

Typing "G-d" looks to me more like it is a dirty word someone is trying to sneak past a language filter.

I can't be sure when this practice started in Judaism, but I can make an estimated guess the practice of spelling "God" "G-d" started long before language filters.

[hellinahandcart]

Oops, you beat me to it.

[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."

[freesia2]

Thanks for the info, Catspaw. Obviously, I'm not that familiar with Judiasm. I had never seen this practice anywhere but here.