[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..."

[zook]

If it really was a 3000 year old tradition *widespread* practice in English, then I would have encountered it sometime during my 50 years on this earth prior to the last couple of years.

[Hoppean]

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

"New Age" is actually "Old Age"--deriving its practices and beliefs from a number of pre-Christian faiths, such as Hindu spirituality, for example, and even from Jewish sources such as the Kabbalah. Just ask Madonna (the singer, not The Madonna). Or is that M-donna?