Strictly curiosity...why do some people

[5LittleMonkeys]

spell out God and others leave a blank in the middle ...G*d?

[danybug]

I spell it out, but I think others leave the * so that it does not come up on open searches on the internet.

[Deniseibase]

Well, I don't know why if this is why everyone who does that does it, but many Jews believe that the name of God should never be erased or marked out, so if you are writing something that COULD potentially be erased or deleted in some way, you shouldn't write God's actual name, and so they substitute G*d.

 

Or I suppose if someone is swearing, they might see that as a 'dodge' to avoid 'really' taking the Lord's name in vain?

 

Other than that, I don't know, but there's a couple reasons at least.

[dbmamaz]

Yeah, i grew up jewish and we spelled it G-d. I continued to spell it that way for a LONG time after I stopped considering myself jewish. in hebrew, the vowels are left out also, but the vowels are put above and below the words, so you dont have to put in dashes and stars, you just leave them out

[frugalmama]

I write it that way as it is just how I feel most comfortable. I started in college when studying theology as a professor always wrote it that way. Now it's mostly just habit :D

[5LittleMonkeys]

Well, I don't know why if this is why everyone who does that does it, but many Jews believe that the name of God should never be erased or marked out, so if you are writing something that COULD potentially be erased or deleted in some way, you shouldn't write God's actual name, and so they substitute G*d.

 

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Thanks, I did not know this...now I do. Off to read a bit more about that.:001_smile: