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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: "G-d" and destroying holy names - reposting of the rules
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Date: Mon, 2-Jan-84 00:52:13 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  2 00:52:13 1984
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Dave,

	Suppose electronic mail catches on like crazy and everybody uses "G-d"
just because everyone else does. How long can people keep doing this before
"G-d" becomes as valuable as "God" and should not be destroyed? If it is
not time-dependant, then what is it dependant on? Was "God" a valuable word
in the year 10 B.C., for instance? Is it the attitude that counts, in that as
long as people remember that they are using "G-d" in place of "God" out of
respect for "God", "G-d" will be okay? (Hmm. seems like they tried that before
with Elohim rather than Yahweh, and it didn't work....). Does what "God" refers
to in the context of the article matter? (For instance, if one is talking
about Jesus, does it matter to you whether that God gets destroyed?)

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura