[zook]

I never saw this practice (of writing "G-d") until quite recently, and only on the Internet. Growing up as a frequent reader of a broad range of political, religious, and philosophic literature, it was something I never encountered among authors of any faith. My guess is that it's something "new age."

[Catspaw]

New Age?

See my post #4.

[SJackson]

My guess is that it's something "new age."

Nope, you're wrong, custom dates to BC in the English calender, not AD.

[AnalogReigns]

I never saw this practice (of writing "G-d") until quite recently, and only on the Internet. Growing up as a frequent reader of a broad range of political, religious, and philosophic literature, it was something I never encountered among authors of any faith. My guess is that it's something "new age."

While its not new age...the practice of using the G-d spelling, in real life, is really only an Orthodox Jewish practice...all explained well in various posts above. That some Christians and others would adopt this legalism is beyond me--especially in light that as someone pointed out above, God is just a term for deity, and when capitalized, assumes the monotheistic Deity, namely the "I AM" of Moses quote(and Jesus' claim as well...). I wonder what such persons do in languages that don't have vowels in their word for God, like ours does?

While of course I respect the right to practice this tradition, to me its best left to others... as its like the tradition of not pressing elevator buttons on the Sabbath, seems like something that won't allow one's elevator to make it all the way to the top....

[adam_az]

I never saw this practice (of writing "G-d") until quite recently, and only on the Internet. Growing up as a frequent reader of a broad range of political, religious, and philosophic literature, it was something I never encountered among authors of any faith. My guess is that it's something "new age."

Only if you call following a 3000 or so year old tradition "new age..."