In their view, its a sign of respect and reverence towards God. The Ten Commandments say that we should not take the Lord’s name in vain as do the Noahide Laws. Men take the Lord’s name in vain in many ways on a daily basis and, in Jewish tradition, using His name or the word “God” too often is one of those ways.
Jesus Christ, One in being with the Father, said it better, and His version is not Man’s version. He said that everything was rolled up into the these two commandments:
1) Love the Lord your God with all your might
2) Love your neighbor as yourself.
Writing down gazillions of their own rules and trying to keep track of them is what prevented Jews from seeing their Messiah right in front of them.
Jesus said the 2 above covered all. I Follow God’s word, not mans.
Doesn’t it seem a bit superstitious to think that one is less likely to abuse God’s name if they write "G-d" rather than "God"?
Isn’t this the kind of thinking that Jesus condemned in His own time?
16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.' 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? (Matt. 23)Why does it appear so "wise" today?
Besides, this whole Jewish/Noahide thing is fundamentally at odds with the Biblical/apostolic view of Abraham being the father of many nations and all God’s people being united into one new man, where there is neither Jew nor Greek. Judaism is still essentially a religion that divides along the races. Unfortunately, even some Christians promote this same sort of racial/ethnic division within the body.
The message of the gospel is radical in that sense. It treats all men as equals who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is not based on genetics, but has one set of commandments for all men everywhere (John 14:15).