According to Jewish law, one may not destroy the name of God. This has been taken to a logical step of not destroying paper on which a divine name is written. Judith uses the - so that the name God is not fully formed and will not be destroyed. It's a throwback to her writing. Two issues: 1. the word God is not a divine name. I could write and burn it all I want and not be violating the stricture about destroying the name of God. 2. The stricture deals with writing, etc. Computers are exempt from any and all laws concerning physical writing (as opposed to content) because they do not actually write. There is no material added to an object (ink) or material removed from an object (carving). It's just images on a screen which itself are being created and destroyed every millisecond.
> Judith, > Here's my ignorance about the Jewish faith showing up....but why do you type > G-d instead of God? > > -d > > > > Deanna Schneider > Interactive Media Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
