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[s at avoidant.org]

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:

> Oh, that was not my intent at all, but it is funny. Jews write G-D without
> spelling it out to avoid "taking his name in vain".


There are various opinions as to whether writing the English word "G"
"o" "d" is a problem or not. Although people have taken to writing
"G-d", general consensus is that the English word is not a problem, and
especially as regards electronic media which do not have a fixed form.

Interestingly enough, the English word has the same numeric equivalent
(gematria) as the Name in Hebrew;

G = 07
o = 15
d = 04
   ----
    26

yud = 10
heh = 05
waw = 06
heh = 05
     ----
      26

Make what you will of it.


---sambo