Even though I was on the circuit and spoke in many churches, I am Bible taught, not church taught. There are many simple church traditions I am not aware of. ( why is it that when you write about God, you do it this way G-d?) Is there any scripture for this or are you told in your denomination. My question is not criticism , I really don't know the origin of this. Please respond
2006-08-31 06:43:27 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, it's out of reverence for G_d's Name, which isn't even actually "G_d", but it's so we can never take His Name in vain. The Name He gave Moses was YHWH, with no vowels, so we're not sure how to pronounce it, so we say, Hashem - "the Name" also. I'm a born-again follower of Yeshua now & I still do it sometimes, but it's originally of (orthodox) Jewish tradition.
2006-08-31 06:51:27 · answer #1 · answered by finallyfree 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a tradition among orthodox Jews. It is a response to the third commandment. In fact, tradition is that when scribes were copying OT scripture, they not only would write an abbreviation, they would use a new pen as well.
2006-08-31 13:47:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jamestheflame 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember that Jews are not to pronounce the Name of God. That is why the vowels were removed from the Tetragrammatron. Likewise, some people feel more comfortable removing the vowel from God, leaving the still recognizable G-d.
2006-08-31 13:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither God nor Jesus wrote the bible so it is irrelevant. There is an Old Testament and a New Testament and any one who writes it now is writing it the way they think Not God.
2006-08-31 13:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only christian based religion that follows that would be the Orthadox Jews. As far as I know they are the only people who do that. Hope I helped!
2006-08-31 13:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's a matter of respect, because they want to avoid taking the Lord's name in vain, and so they don't use the whole word of "God" lightly. I don't do it, but I do think it's a beautiful concept.
2006-08-31 13:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by daisyk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's taught as being politically correct. How silly is that?
2006-08-31 13:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by littledarling54 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know only those of the Jewish faith do that.
2006-08-31 13:46:30 · answer #8 · answered by Ruthinia 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋