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 Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:12 pm
Ok, I think it is absolutely wrong to type out G-d without the hyphen, do any of you feel as strongly about this as I do? And how do you get around this in essays about say... the reformation and the Catholic Church stare stare stare
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:08 am
Since G*D isn't the actual name of Hashem, I don't mind writing it as G*D, G0d, G-d, Gd, or God. I would never write out the full (Hebrew) name of Hashem, however, unless I could be sure that that piece of paper would be treated with the respect due to the name.
When writing a paper about any deity who is called God (Gott, Gud, or any other Germanic derivative thereof), but who is not in fact Hashem (because Hashem does not take on a body, nor does he beget children), I write it out in full, God, because it emphasizes the point in my own mind that I am writing about someone else's idea of the supreme deity.
However, if I felt strongly that one shouldn't fully write out any name for a deity who could be confused for Hashem (in the minds of non-Jewish readers), I would just write G*D or G-d and then footnote it to say "Out of respect, the writer of this article/essay/paper does not fully write out the name of the deity." If someone wants to argue about it, it's their beef, not yours.
One thing to make sure of -- often when you hyphenate anything, and that word appears near the end of a line of text, the text will cut the word off by putting the G and the hyphen on one line and the D on the next line. Writing out the Germanic name in full will at least keep the word all on one line, thus not halving the name.
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Eloquent Conversationalist
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:37 am
I started using "G-d" a few years ago, but if others don't want to do it, what can I do? I think it's respectful, but it's not like I'm personally offended when somebody else doesn't.
I actually wrote an essay with this in my Latin class, and at first people just thought the hyphens were "o"s since I write rather small. Eventually, I was lucky my teacher explained since he's from a Jewish suburb in New Jersey.
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:05 am
I customarily put a 0 for the O, or I type out HASHEM
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:55 pm
Depends which god I'm referencing. For a god in something like a fantasy story, the g is always lowercase. For the Christian God, it's just God. For Allah, it's Allah. And for our G-d it's G-d. It is, generally, respectful to reference the deity of a religion the way they do, so my typing style changes as noted based on the deity in question. Doesn't mean it's the only way to be respectful, but it's a commonly held way that allows for distinctions between religious concepts.
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:14 pm
Just so ya know... the Christian G0D is our G0D too. We call him HASHEM, they call him Jesus, it's still the G0D of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:49 pm
I never write G-d without writing it that way, and whenever I refer to Him in writing, I always capitalize the pronoun. It drives me crazy when I see someone just write His name in all lowercase and no hyphen. It also drove me in sane, since I do not go to a Jewish school, and we had to read our Bible as well as the Christian part, was when they capitalized the he referring to Jesus.
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:59 pm
LordNeuf Just so ya know... the Christian G0D is our G0D too. We call him HASHEM, they call him Jesus, it's still the G0D of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. There are differences. They say it is the same G-d, but our G-d is one, theirs is three. An important difference to note, as it fundamentally changes the deity being referred to.
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:36 pm
The Christian Trinity is based on G-d, but like a fictitiously extended version. Allash, also, is based on our G-d, but the Koran states him to be a different being entirely, though one who studied Judaism.
I think that the L-rd, our G-d, deserves utmost respect in all forms of names, and even some in form of respect in other religions. I follow Muslim customs, such as writing 'peace be upon him' after Muhammad, usually, and bowing my head when my Christian buddy is praying; all to maintain that I respect their belief in our G-d.
I always use G-d, its just natural for me. Never used any other form. But then again, others have different views.
Like I once heard a rabbi say on Radio 4, You worship G-d in your way, we worship Him in His.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:09 pm
I write out God. Unless I am talking about a certain religions deity. Then I use the Respective deities names.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:17 pm
yossel_ochichu The Christian Trinity is based on G-d, but like a fictitiously extended version. Allash, also, is based on our G-d, but the Koran states him to be a different being entirely, though one who studied Judaism. THOU SHALT NOT DUMP ON OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM regardless of your personal opinions, it is not proper to use the word "fictitious" when describing another deity.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:13 pm
I have to agree, we're about equality here. Just like you wouldn't want somebody to call our religion fictitious, we shouldn't say anything of the sort about another religion.
On note of the topic, I don't spell out G-d here. However as a personal belief, I don't think of it as His real name, so I spell it out just like I spell out Adonai or Hashem. Also, I say OMG way too much. Dern my Valley Girl upbringing!
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