"G"



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Please, always....

capitalize the "G"

when writing/typing

the Name "God"...

Keep His Name Holy.

Jews do not casually write any Name of God.  It is often written "G-d" lest the Name be disgraced permanently by printing the page.  People lacking spiritual character have used those two letters in cursing by giving our Most Holy God a last name.  It's used freely by adults.  Children listen.  If  you use God's Name for slang - your children will do the same.  Their respect for God will be just as small as yours.

There's either a lack of knowledge on the part of people or a lack of reverence, I don't know which.  Too often, His Name is carelessly typed using the lower case.  Lower case "g" is used when referring to idols...people...man-made gods.  God's Names, in all of their forms, are treated with enormous respect and reverence in Judaism.  Have we already forgotten Matthew 6:9?     ^"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed (Kept Holy) be thy name."

I realize folks mean no harm - but taking time to hold down the shift key in order to capitalize the letter "G" should be done out of respect and reverence to the Godhead...just as you would capitalize "Jesus" or "Holy Spirit".  We've become lazy and disrespectful of His Name.  It's used freely as a curse word....a slang word..and most used often in expressing amazement...."My _ _ _ "....Where did we lose our awe and love for the Name of God?  He is still the great I AM....Lord God Jehovah...El Shaddai, the Almighty!  People, let's keep His Name Holy!!

JUDAISM 101:
The commandment not to erase or deface the name of God comes from Deut. 12:3. In that passage, the people are commanded that when they take over the promised land, they should destroy all things related to the idolatrous religions of that region, and should utterly destroy the names of the local deities. Immediately afterwards, we are commanded not to do the same to our God. From this, the rabbis inferred that we are commanded not to destroy any holy thing, and not to erase or deface a Name of God.

It is worth noting that this prohibition against erasing or defacing Names of God applies only to Names that are written in some kind of permanent form, and recent rabbinical decisions have held that writing on a computer is not a permanent form, thus it is not a violation to type God's Name into a computer and then backspace over it or cut and paste it, or copy and delete files with God's Name in them. However, once you print the document out, it becomes a permanent form. That is why observant Jews avoid writing a Name of God on web sites like this one or in newsgroup messages: because there is a risk that someone else will print it out and deface it.
Normally, we avoid writing the Name by substituting letters or syllables, for example, writing "G-d" instead of "God." In addition, the number 15, which would ordinarily be written in Hebrew as Yod-Hei (10-5), is normally written as Teit-Vav (9-6), because Yod-Hei is a Name.


I suppose we all have our pet peeves and this is one that bothers me most. Keep the Name Holy, folks.  Just Keep it Holy.  God is all we have.  Let's not ruin His Name.
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