"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/2/2014 5:35 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>> On Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:03:26 PM UTC-4, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>> I was raised as an Orthodox Jew and we never pronounce the name of G-d
>>> (except in prayers and when reading the Torah to the congregation), nor
>>> do we spell it out when writing. That's why you see the dash.
>>>
>>> Since I was brought up this way, I find it difficult the change old
>>> habits.
>>
>> "G-d willing" is a very Jewish phrase, less used today than
>> when I was a kid. The reason for the spelling is that the
>> name of G-d is sacred and hence must never be thrown away or
>> destroyed. (I believe there is a major ceremony, including
>> burial, if the true written name is discarded.) Hence not
>> writing it down allows it to be used in everyday
>> communication.
>>
>> Janet, let me add my best wishes to everyone else's for your
>> future. Next new year I expect you to be make gefilte fish.
>>
>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>>
>
> I don't get it. "God" is not the name of God any more than "Helpful
> Person" is your name. I know the name of God and it sure ain't God. Please
> use all your powers of helpfulness to make me see the light.

There are a lot of things about various religions that I just don't get.