<p>I’m just curious, why exactly do some people write god as G-D? What does that mean?</p>
<p>Because it is forbidden to desecrate G-d and if you write it out and then need to throw that piece of paper out or erase it, you’re desecrating it.</p>
<p>wow, that’s deep. I never thought of it like that</p>
<p>I think it’s mainly in Judaism; if anyone wants to correct that, feel free (heathen here, so, you know).</p>
<p>What about writing it on the internet? You can’t throw that away, really…</p>
<p>It’s a Jewish thing. The Jewish faith forbids spelling out the name “God.” So, religiously observant Jews write “G-d.”</p>
<p>^^^
yep, that about sums it up</p>