# God/G-d ??
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 29, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882 "2001-05-29T13:41:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882/1 "2001-05-29T13:41:44Z")
Please pardon my ignorance, but I’ve noticed that some people post replies talking about **G-d** instead of **God** - could someone enlighten me as to why?
Sorry to be a pain.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882/2 "2001-05-29T13:44:42Z")
Not at all, **Mangetout**. We’re all here fighting ignorance. The Search feature works great for this kind of thing, by the way.
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38689](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38689)
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32414](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32414)
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882/3 "2001-05-29T13:51:29Z")
Thanks for that.
I did try a search, but clearly gave up sifting the hits too soon.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-g-d/66882/4 "2001-05-29T14:00:21Z")
I limited the search to General Questions, subject only. That narrowed it down considerably. 🙂