I've seen it a lot on here. It's looks like they're censoring a curse word ![]() |
In Judaism, it's a tradition not to write or know the name of the Creator. |
Yep. It's a Jewish thing. |
Every time I see it written that way, my brain automatically translates it into "God-damn" even though I know better. |
But God is not his name. His name is YHWH, Yahweh, Yehovah, Adonai, Elohim, etc. God is not his name, almost more of a title. So I'm not sure why people think that God is any more off-limits than He, Him or the Lord. Yes, I'm not Jewish, but it has also often puzzled me why some people apply that tradition to referring to God. |
If it's lowercase g, then it's just one god of many. If it's uppercase G, then there's only one and it's effectively a proper name. |
Every time I see it, I say, "Oh, this person's Jewish." |
I have a Muslim friend who does the same thing. |
In some coutries, it is officially spelled with a lower case letter |
Orthodox Jews |
Strange he would not use, Allah (SWT) |
Concerning Muslims and "G-d", see http://www.asmib.com/introduction.htm:
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Sorry that the URL got embedded in "mean" in the last line above. |
From what I understand, Jews do this because the name is too holy to write on paper (as it can be thrown away). |