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Re: Swearing?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:02:43 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > -I still
> > get essays from college students where they refuse to spell out "God"
> > and will write "G-d".
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> Lindsay-
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> That sound you hear is me weeping for the future. From where does
> *that* kind of nonsense come?
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> -John
This isn't something new. It's largely a Jewish practice,
I believe, a refraining from writing the name of God on materials
that might later be thrown away, defaced or erased. See
Deuteronomy 12:3.
A better explanation can be found at the Judaism 101 site:
http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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| Lindsay- That sound you hear is me weeping for the future. From where does *that* kind of nonsense come? -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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