Tuesday December 09 1997 08:11, Robby Dittmann wrote to Mark Towne:
 MT>> Shonshona, I am curious why you spell God as G-d?
 RD> Hi Mark!
 RD> I can answer this for you.  This comes from the jewish practice of
 RD> never spelling God's name out.  You will also see L-rd sometimes.
 RD> Shoshona, like myself, is a messianic jew (a jewish follower of
 RD> Jesus).  Some of us continue this practice, while others don't.  You
 RD> may also find some gentile believers who adopt this practice out of
 RD> respect for sisters like Shoshona.
Thanks Robby!  I wasn't sure, so I _had_ to ask.  I am VERY pleased to meet a 
couple of Messianic Jews.
You'll have to pardon my gentile-ism, but when I use the term God, I am only 
referring to who He is, and not His name.  Actually, I understand that He is 
referred to by many names or titles. (in the Bible)
Actually I am quite comfortable with what He told Moses, when he said, "who 
shall I say has sent me?"  Ex. 3:14  provides a most excellent reply. (of 
course) 
Being that I am a gentile and not Jewish, what is written in the Torah and 
Penatuch (sp) regarding His name?
 RD> BTW, Shoshona is a precious sister.  You should get to know her.
I hope to get to know her, and everyone else here on the echo.  I was just 
curious,  Thanks for the kind response.
Mark
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