(June 24, 2018 at 6:23 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I’ve wondered why Jewish people often write God as G-d? Or something like that?

It isn't considered reverent to write the name of God (in any form) in a place where it may be destroyed.  If, for instance, you write 'God' on a bit of paper and then burn it, you have desecrated the name of God.  Spelling it out 'G-d' lets people know what you mean, but you've not actually written out the full name.

One of the advantages to having a Jewish wife.

Boru

Interesting! Thank you explaining that.

Careful what you ask for. In Arthur C. Clarke's story, "The 9 Billion Names of God" (précis of plot from wiki),

In a Tibetan lamasery, the monks seek to list all of the names of God. They believe the Universe was created for this purpose, and that once this naming is completed, God will bring the Universe to an end. Three centuries ago, the monks created an alphabet in which they calculated they could encode all the possible names of God, numbering about 9,000,000,000 ("nine billion") and each having no more than nine characters. Writing the names out by hand, as they had been doing, even after eliminating various nonsense combinations, would take another 15,000 years; the monks wish to use modern technology to finish this task more quickly.

They rent a computer capable of printing all the possible permutations, and they hire two Westerners to install and program the machine. The computer operators are skeptical but play along. After three months, as the job nears completion, they fear that the monks will blame the computer, and by extension its operators, when nothing happens. The Westerners delay the operation of the computer so that it will complete its final print run just after their scheduled departure. After their successful departure on ponies, they pause on the mountain path on their way back to the airfield, where a plane is waiting to take them back to civilization. Under a clear night sky they estimate that it must be just about the time that the monks are pasting the final printed names into their holy books. Then they notice that "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."

Bolding mine. You want the universe to end!?

De nada, ducks.

Boru

Reginald.

Reggie to his friend.

Anomalocaris.

(June 24, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Anomalocaris.

Now that’s just being silly!

(June 24, 2018 at 6:38 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(June 24, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Anomalocaris.

Now that’s just being silly!

So thou seest my glorious nature. Thou shall be rewarded.