just wondering...

[KoolKat]

i was just wondering why Messianic Jews write God like G-d. my mom says that they do because they consider God a very holy figure, so they don't say his name.

1st question: is there any other reason why Messianics don't sat God?

2nd question: we consider God holy too, so why don't we not say his name? (that one i sorta have the answer to, but what do ya'll think?)

 

[-Kyriaki-]

G-d is said for two reasons, as I understand it.

1) the name of God (that we would write as YHWH in english characters) was not spoken because it was deemed to be very holy
2) internet pages, and pieces of random paper, never ever have G-d written out on them by people who observe this, because they see it as holy and to write it on something that will be lost or destroyed is to do it wrong.

We consider God holy, but we don't use that holy name for Him, we do write God in full though, because we don't see it as necessary to protect it in the same way.

At least that's my understanding

 

[KoolKat]

thanks Kyrie!

ps. i don't know if i should call u Ms. Kyrie, Miss Kyrie, just Kyrie, or Mrs. Kyrie (since you're getting married soon)

 

[Oblio]

It's actually 'written' as voltage levels in microscopic electronic gates (essentially transistors).

God in ASCII Hex representation is actually:

0x476F64

or in Binary

10001110110111101100100



Also the individual bits are more than likeley NOT stored next to each other on the silicon that is is 'written'.

Now, we could talk about display technology ...


[/geek]

 

[-Kyriaki-]

KoolKat:

if you want to call me anything other than just Kyrie, Miss Kyrie is fine Not Mrs yet, I'm not getting married for a little while.

Believe me, I will let you all know when I'm getting married!

 

[KoolKat]

ok, Miss Kyrie

 

[ClementofRome]

But God's name is not "God?" "God" is an English linguistic configuration used to represent the Holy, Mighty, Immortal.

It is some generalized form of the tetragrammaton (probably originating in German) that was never given vowelization in its Hebrew form and thus is not spoken as no one knows how it was pronounced.

That is why scholars use the crazy form of Yahweh, which I am convinced is a wrong pronunciation, thus they are not mis-speaking the name of God.

forgive me.

Clement


http://forums.crosswalk.com/Do_Real...In_Roanoke,_Va%_August_10-12/m_2579610/tm.htm

 

[Shubunkin]

But God's name is not "God?" "God" is an English linguistic configuration used to represent the Holy, Mighty, Immortal.

It is some generalized form of the tetragrammaton (probably originating in German) that was never given vowelization in its Hebrew form and thus is not spoken as no one knows how it was pronounced.

That is why scholars use the crazy form of Yahweh, which I am convinced is a wrong pronunciation, thus they are not mis-speaking the name of God.

forgive me.

Clement


http://forums.crosswalk.com/Do_Real...In_Roanoke,_Va%_August_10-12/m_2579610/tm.htm

I agree, and then our Bibles have LORD or Adonai instead of the Name.

 

[eoe]

I can understand the G-d but I can not understand why they will then go and write Jesus. Incarnational confusion methinks...

 

[E.C.]

An Orthodox Jew once explained this to me and it was something like this:

-God is infinite and incomprehensible.
-Writing "God" would make Him finite and comprehensible because He would be like us lowly mortals for having a name; i.e. lowering Him to our level.
-Thus: G-d, not God.

Something like that. Basically if you could take the name of an infinite and incomprehensible being than where does the lowering to our level end?

 

[Oblio]

The silly thing is that in reality the Jews and those who deign to follow their ways are simply substituting another character for the 'o' in God. These things are simply icons that represent phonemes words and phrases which themselves are icons of thoughts concepts and ideas. IOW, if it were really offensive (or whatever reason given) to write God, it would be equally so to write G-d G_d G*d or Ikferbenzerdimmer as a substitute ...

Do the [English speaking] Jews run around pronouncing G-d ... Gd ??

 

[Oblio]

An Orthodox Jew once explained this to me and it was something like this:

-God is infinite and incomprehensible.
-Writing "God" would make Him finite and comprehensible because He would be like us lowly mortals for having a name; i.e. lowering Him to our level.
-Thus: G-d, not God.

Something like that. Basically if you could take the name of an infinite and incomprehensible being than where does the lowering to our level end?

How about writing Godododod ... (with the little repeat bar at the end}

Infinite God, problem solved

 

[Seeker of the Truth]

How about writing Godododod ... (with the little repeat bar at the end}

Infinite God, problem solved

Wow...LOL.

Oblio, are you involved with math of any sorts? (Career wise)

 

[KoolKat]

thanx for all the answers!