# G-d?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470 "2003-07-18T20:52:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/1 "2003-07-18T20:52:14Z")

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I responded to a post yesterday entitled ‘Bible Question’. It has since been moved to Great Debates by Dr. Matrix. In it, I nitpicked a poster because he abreviated the name of GOD by typing G-d. I asked why he, or she, would do this, as every word in the dictionary has seen the light of day in this forum, and I wondered why he was censoring that particular word. A new poster, not the original OP, stated the following, and I quote: " Lots of people won’t write out the name of God. Jews do it all the time, for one. It’s a respect thing"

😕 Poster was SNOOPYFAN

My question, then, is, WHAT? Is there a cite for this? Is this a belief of the Jewish faith? It seems to me that if you have respect for something, you don’t try to hide that fact by censorship. Any followers of the Jewish faith care to weigh in on this?

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**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/2 "2003-07-18T21:42:43Z")

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[Try this](http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm).

You gotta love a site named “JewFAQ.” 😉

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/3 "2003-07-18T22:02:46Z")

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But whenever I write “God” I’m referring to Zeus.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/4 "2003-07-18T22:06:58Z")

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And whenever I (an atheist) write “God” I’m referring to nothing whatsoever. Same with “G-d.”

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/5 "2003-07-18T22:12:05Z")

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[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32414) is a very old thread about this very issue, started by some mysterious dude.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-d/189470/6 "2003-07-18T23:42:44Z")

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And [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=154772) links back to several other threads on the same (apparently popular) topic.