Why do some people spell GOD by writing G-D?
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Writing "G_d" is a practice based on the 3rd commandment ("You shall not take the name of YHWH [probably to be pronounced 'Yahweh,' traditionally ' translated as 'the LORD'] your God in vain.") But why and how did this PARTICULAR way of trying to keep the commandment come about?\n\n(In its original context the command likely had, first of all, to not dishonoring God by such behavior as lightly taking OATHS in his name and not keeping them, by extension to speaking or acting "in his name," whether claiming to speak for him, as his representative, or by claiming to follow him, but living in a way that brings dishonor to\nhim.)\n\nBut one significant expression of attempting to guard and honor the sanctity of the divine name (sometimes called the "tetragrammaton" after its four letters: Y-H-W-H) that we find many expressions of after the Babylonian Exile (6th century BC) is in special treatment of the spoken and written name(s) of God, beginning with "YHWH", and at times extending to other names and titles.\n\nWe see it in how the name was written in the scrolls of the Hebrew Bible, as well as in their early Greek translations. After the Babylonian Exile the Jews adopted the Aramaic letter forms in place of their own earlier forms. But among the Dead Sea Scrolls we find Scriptures written in the Aramaic letters, but with the divine name (which in English may be rendered YHWH) written in the older "paleo-Hebrew" script. Many early Greek translations (some as late as the 4th century AD) have the divine name written either in the Hebrew letters, or using Greek letters that LOOK like the Hebrew word. (If read as Greek one would say "Pipi", but there is no evidence such a pronunciation was ever intended.)\n\nAnother way of honoring the name YHWH that grew up at the same time was to avoid SAYING the name by substituting another Hebrew word (for Greek speakers it might be the Greek equivalent). For example, we find references to "the Name". This was at times extended to other divine names. So, for instance, in place of "God" one might say "heaven". We find some reflections of this in the NT, esp. in the gospel of Matthew, who (writing chiefly to JEWISH Christians) ordinarily speaks of the "kingdom of heaven" where other gospels use "kingdom of God".\n\nThe most important substitute was that of the word for "Lord" in place of the name YHWH. The Hebrew word was "ADONAI", Greek speakers used their equivalent, "KYRIOS". In fact, the NT throughout uses "Lord" (kyrios) when quoting OT passages that use the divine name YHWH. (This is important in connection with the claim of Christians that Jesus is divine -- calling him "Lord" was not just honoring him as "Master" but applying the divine name to him.) This practice has continued to be followed in most Scripture translations from the Hebrew, including the use of "the LORD" in most English translations. (Usually small caps are used to indicate that the original used "YHWH" not "Adonay".)\n\nEvidence for the Jewish practice is found in the customs of the Masoretes -- Hebrew scribes who carefully preserved the Hebrew text of Scripture, and added a system of markings, including accents and vowel-markings, to preserve the traditional understanding of the text. In the Masoretic manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible the name YHWH is marked with an unusual set of vowels, which if we tried to pronounce them would yield "Yehowah' [in later English, Jehovah"]. But that is not what they intended. Rather they marked the word with the vowels from "Adonay" to indicate that THIS was the word to be spoken when you came to the divine name.\n\nThe form "G_d" imitates this scribal practice of leaving out the original vowel sounds (to indicate what one is NOT s
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because they spell "why" with a "Y"!!!
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It's a Jewish thing. It's a way to respect & honour G-d by not daring to write his name.
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GD and Allah are the same. See daniel, the word Allah is actualy from the Hebrew.\n\nJesus, is a guy, he's dead. So no inclusion for him.
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"God" is a title.  Most christians unknowingly follow an old jewish custom of not saying God's name, which in english is Jehovah.\n\nMost modern day translations of the Bible have taken the name out and replaced it with GOD, LORD, or other such titles.  Most bibles even explain their reasonings in the forward.\n\nYou can actually find the name used in the King James Version at Psalm 83:18, Exodus 6:3, Isaiah 12:2, and Isaiah 26:4
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The trouble is that 'God' is a generic word that describes whatever people worship. People mostly worship money or success these days, but they feel uncomfortable calling it 'god', so I suppose the word is dropping out of usage in the West.\n\nHowever, in the Bible, God reveals a name by which he identifies himself (YHWH or 'I am'), and he later reveals that in his being he is Father, Son and Holy Spirit: One God in three persons. All this talk about Jesus and God's Word in the Bible is not avoiding the God issue, it is merely focussing on God, but using more specific terminology.
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I am one of those people! Sorry; it's such a habit that I'm not aware of it.\nIn Judaism, G-d's Name is so sacred & holy that it is never written out. We don't even say His Name. The terms you may hear others use such as YHVH or Jehovah are highly offensive & never used because they are inaccurate.\nWhen Jewish people pray, we use the term "Ha Shem" which literally means "The Name". We may also use the term "Adonai" which means "L-rd".\nHope this helps!\nAnd, it's wrong for me to write the word "Adonai". For me to write it like Jews do, it needs to be missing a vowel, but you'd then ask what THAT means!!!!!!!!!!! It should say "Ad-nai".
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Because it doesn't make sense.\n\nRock on!\n\nHave a great godless day!  Contact me with your questions, comments, or concerns.
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In the translation of my copy of the Bible, they state flat-out that they do this out of respect for people (including the Jews, whose scripture they are translating) who might feel offended seeing the Name of God in print to potentially be abused.  They add that where the proper name of God is used, they translated it to LORD, all caps, while "The Lord" was translated to a normal proper noun.
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Same reason they start sentences with "Honestly" or "I swear to god".\n\nAnd it's not just Americans.\n\nBTW, did you know that when someone is being dishonest, they are more likely to invoke the name of god?
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The Bible was intended to get people into a relationship with G-d.\nThe author of a book is greater than the book he wrote. In the same way, G-d is greater than the Bible.\nThe Bible is a tool to help us get in touch with G-d, & to help us know Him & His ways.\nAs you enter into a personal relationship with Him, He begins directing you...guiding you...relating to & with you.\nYour life begins to become a 'living book' that He's in the process of writing, on a daily basis. Folks begin to look at you...and see Him in you!\nThe book of Acts has not ended. We are living it.\nThe Bible was written as a way for G-d to show us His love. It starts & ends with Him in control. And if we choose; we can join Him.\nWe need boundaries to exist. We use the Bible as a guide to help us measure things like truth & deception; good from bad; life from death. G-d had to reveal His will to mankind, & He did that through the Jewish prophets. He is still speaking to people all over the world today. Learning to listen to Him is an art. \nAlthough the Bible, as a book, has a beginning & an end, we can become people of that Book. In accepting It & living by Its' standards, our lives become the pages on which G-d continues to write.
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God? Well the bible depicts him as a murderer over and over again.  So I guess the word God means to me a descriptor of a ficticious murderer in the best selling novel in Earth's history.
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Most who spell it with a Hyphen "-" are Jewish.  It is a tradition from the Old Testament where God warned them not to take His name in vain, so they do not pronounce the name of God to avoid the misuse of it.
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"god" little "g" is a descriptive term.\n"God" big "G" is a proper noun and the common name that Christians use to address God.\n\nThere are numerous other names for God, for example:\nthe Great IAM, the Lord Almighty, the Creator, the Lord of Hosts, Father, the God of Abraham, Master, Father, Savior, and the list goes on.  \n\nThis follows Jewish tradition not to utter the true name of God, because the Name is holy (holy enough to need to capitalize the word "Name"), and to utter it is to risk using his Name in vain and there by breaking the 2nd Commandment.\n\nThe true pronounciation of the name of God from Genesis (YHWH) is actually a mystery, since you will never get a Hebrew to say the Name.  Most scholars believe it is pronounced "Yahweh" but no one knows for sure.\n\nThere is one name of God that everyone knows... Jesus.\n\n(Or Yeshua by the Hebrews, Jesu / Yesu by non-English speakers)\n\nA name is just how you know someone... the name is not as important as how well you know that Someone. ;)
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please.....understand this...\n\n\n\nGod is a proper name.. HE is what (us) Christians call as their (our) divine Creator...\n\n\n\nbut god is a common name... it can be anything or anyone that resembles something with great power or influence..it can also be a synonym for deity...\n\nlike pagan gods or "money is a god" or animal/ nature gods (kami)... anyway, point is, when u capitalize "G" then you can't use it in statements like "money is a God"..y? \n\nwell like I told you "God" is a proper name.. using "a God" is grammatically wrong (and is very much wrong in essence) because of the article "a" added to it....also, statement like that violates the First Commandment (which I just did, anyway I was just using it for clarity sake)
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6823 is the number of times that the "Tetragrammaton", the Holy Ineffable Name of G'd (Yod/Heh/Vav/Heh), appears in the Bible.\n"Ineffable" means that you cannot describe it and in this case if you tried, you would come up against the Third Commandment:\n"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy G'd in vain!"\nPlease note the Hebrew (written in latin letters) - this is the only place in the Ten Commandments where this Word appears: "Lo thisa eth shem YHVH Eloheka lashavae!"
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The personal name of the only true God is JEHOVAH.\nJehovah is translated from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton,which means,"he causes to become".These four Hebrew letters are represented in many languages by the letters JHVH or YHWH.\nNo human today can be certain how it was orginally pronounced in Hebrew.Because Biblical Hebrew was orginally written with only consonants,no vowels.When the language was in everyday use,readers easily provided the proper vowels.In time however,the Jews came to have the superstitious idea that it was wrong to say God's personal name out loud,so they used substitute expressions.And the original pronounciation of the divine name was lost.\nMany scholars favour the spelling "Yahweh",but it is uncertain and there is no agreement among them.On the other hand,"Jehovah"is the form of the name that is more readily recognised,because it has been used in English for centuries and preserves,equally with other forms,the four consonants of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton.\nYou can find the divine name in the New World Translation which has had God's name put back where it belongs.\nOr you could try older versions of the King James Bible,in places such as Exodus 6:3;Psalm 83:18;Isaiah 12:2;26:4.\nThe American Standard Version has the name Jehovah used consistently in the Hebrew Scriptures beginning with Genesis 2:4.\nThe New American Bible has a footnote on Exodus3:14 favouring the form :Yahweh" but the name does not appear in the main text of the translation.\nMany other Bibles also have in their footnotes God's Name and replace it in the text with titles such as "Lord";"God" etc