For those who write G-d?

They do not believe in erasing or defacing the name of God. Jews avoid writing "God" because it could later be defaced, obliterated or destroyed accidentally or by one who does not know better. They think that if you write God on a piece of paper and it is thrown away or stepped on, it would be defacing the name of God. Even if they type it and it is printed and then thrown away, it is still the same to them.

I understand what Aravah is saying but I am trying to understand that by Typing or writing G-d, what does that mean? Now we know that God can read our minds, so if you write or type G-d, which means God or mean the person that you do not say his name, what make any difference it all means the same thing. You do not use the original hebraic letters but use the english letters that really substitute those letters. It seems no matter how you spell it, it still means that God of the Bible. I not putting anyone down because of it or saying it's ignorant and anything such. I just don't get it. It the same to me either way. Both ways G-d or God still says God.

"When you speak to others how do you talk about G-d? Do you spell out his name and say "dash" for the missing O?"

Giggles. No. Most Jews say Adonai, HaShem or God. My personal usage changes depending on the circumstances. If I'm speaking with people who aren't Jewish, I tend to use 'God'. If I'm speaking with people who are part of Judaism, I tend to use HaShem. But I'm most comfortable using "Adonai" in prayer because that's what I learned.

"Do you just refer to Him as 'the one who can not be named?'"

Now that's quite a mouthful. Do you realize that in some Christian communities, your suggestion is very close to a way of referring to a demon?

"I don't understand how you can consider deleting a letter of the alphabet as something that is fulfilling a law of your G-d?"

We don't.

The prohibition is on erasing or defacing the Name. If we don't write it out, we can't accidentally erase or deface it. Some of us extend that practice to the English title 'G-d' because we find meaning in it.

"Can someone explain how do you communicate when you talk face to face with someone about these topics."

You're confusing issues here. Speaking doesn't involve erasure or defacement, so that prohibition doesn't apply. We no longer know how to pronounce the sacred Name so we substitute Adonai or HaShem. Just like we've done for thousands of years.

"If you use this practice what do you label yourself as?"

There's no single 'label' for this. I do it because I am Jewish and I find value in it. Some Christians do it for their own reasons.

answer: because it is a way of ensuring that even a label of G-d isn't misused. The voluntary prohibition is against the written word. The prohibitions against speaking G-d's actual name are that we do NOT even attempt to determine what vowels go with YHVH. That ensures that His name isn't taken in vain. We don't know the name = no misuse. In writing, even the label of "god" won't be misused if printed out by someone.

Jews do not casually write any Name of God. This practice does not come from the commandment not to take the Lord's Name in vain, as many suppose. In Jewish thought, that commandment refers solely to oath-taking, and is a prohibition against swearing by God's Name falsely or frivolously (the word normally translated as "in vain" literally means "for falsehood").

Judaism does not prohibit writing the Name of God per se; it prohibits only erasing or defacing a Name of God. However, observant Jews avoid writing any Name of God casually because of the risk that the written Name might later be defaced, obliterated or destroyed accidentally or by one who does not know better.

It is worth noting that this prohibition against erasing or defacing Names of God applies only to Names that are written in some kind of permanent form, and recent rabbinical decisions have held that writing on a computer is not a permanent form, thus it is not a violation to type God's Name into a computer and then backspace over it or cut and paste it, or copy and delete files with God's Name in them. However, once you print the document out, it becomes a permanent form. That is why observant Jews avoid writing a Name of God on web sites like this one or in newsgroup messages: because there is a risk that someone else will print it out and deface it.

Normally, we avoid writing the Name by substituting letters or syllables, for example, writing "G-d" instead of "God." In addition, the number 15, which would ordinarily be written in Hebrew as Yod-Hei (10-5), is normally written as Teit-Vav (9-6), because Yod-Hei is a Name.

http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm

Jews uses it as respect for the Supreme being

We honer God with full spelling of the word. The Word of God has many words of GOD

The regulation of Moses mentions activities that are a similar issues that got here approximately to Jesus. as a results of fact of this Jesus is the Messiah. The regulation of Moses mentions the Messiah as "pierced for our transgressions" and mentions approximately Messiah that "the LORD has laid on him the iniquity people all" Isaiah fifty 3:4-6 "somewhat he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we seen him laid low with God, smitten via him, and stricken. yet he grew to become into pierced for our transgressions, he grew to become into overwhelmed for our iniquities; the punishment that delivered us peace grew to become into upon him, and via his wounds we are healed. all of us, like sheep, have long gone off objective, each and each people has grew to become to his very own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity people all."

It's like God is Voldemort or something, seriously.

They do that so if somebody printed the page and the page fell on the ground it would be disrespectful.

I type God because it's easier for my fingers to reach "o" than "-".