Learned this a while ago - it's a Jewish custom.The word or name of God is too holy to be said/typed/written, which is why most of our Bibles say LORD instead of Yahweh - and why, in Hebrew, it's abbreviated YHWH or JHWH (which got mistranslated into "Jehovah" by monks, creating another synonym for God).
I've had many Jewish friends on all ranges of orthodoxy and concur that's generally their practice, and several protestant lines sort of follow it as well. I'm unsure of the logic, since "God" still isn't His name.
Granted, even as a representation of it, we probably should not be using it that way unless we are actually making an oath to Him or before Him, like bearing witness (aka testimony) - which incidentally is what that commandment is primarily about, testifying falsely.
This is the second time today I've seen G-d, are we not allowed to say God in here? Am I in trouble now
lol I just did it bc I thought it was proper when "swearing" to Him. Plus, I saw someone else do it too
Learned this a while ago - it's a Jewish custom.The word or name of God is too holy to be said/typed/written, which is why most of our Bibles say LORD instead of Yahweh - and why, in Hebrew, it's abbreviated YHWH or JHWH (which got mistranslated into "Jehovah" by monks, creating another synonym for God).
I've had many Jewish friends on all ranges of orthodoxy and concur that's generally their practice, and several protestant lines sort of follow it as well. I'm unsure of the logic, since "God" still isn't His name.
Granted, even as a representation of it, we probably should not be using it that way unless we are actually making an oath to Him or before Him, like bearing witness (aka testimony) - which incidentally is what that commandment is primarily about, testifying falsely.