So can flags. But those who believe in reverence and respect towards them have rituals for doing that in a way that continues to show that respect.... Torahs and bibles are buried in ritual, I believe, in the same mood as worn and torn flags are burned quietly.
Asked aften, but perhaps not everyone feels adequately answered all the time.
This 'G-d' detail is not a belief system, but one of hopefully many rituals of life that ground us a little in our daily lives, and remind us what we believe in some small way.... All surviving cultures have their traditions... it holds them together.
"You may ask, how did this tradition get started? - I'll tell you.... I don't know!But it is a tradition, and because of our traditions, everyone of us knows who he is, and what G-d expects him to do." ~Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof.