When Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik would start to teach a new group of students he would begin by writing God on a blackboard and then he would erase it. He would do this to make a point.

Because writing G-d instead of God has become minhag even amongst many non-Orthodox Jews, I choose to follow that convention, but I assume you understand the point that Rabbi Soloveitchik was making.

L'shalom,

Peter

Yes I understand your point and of course you are right.

That does seem a bit extreme for a general spiritual discussion forum......can't we relax a bit?

My apologies.

I understand that Jews and believers want to be respectful. However, isn't G-d a label, and a description of Who YVWH is? In which name the vowels are purposefully left out?

Which label is a description of Who YVWH is, regarding being the Almighty?

YHWH got introduced first in Genesis 2:4 which is the beginning of the second creation account.

The God mentioned in the first creation account (Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3) is transliterated in Hebrew as Elohim.

In Exodus 3:14 the God mentioned as the "I am that I am" is transliterated in Hebrew also as Elohim.

The thought of Yahweh coming back............terrifying.

Verily, "God" cannot be described in words, so the erased blackboard is quite appropriate. No words.

However, I'm not sure if that's the point you were making. :smile:

Oiye!!

If you only knew. That's why I'm here - to tell everyone the truth!

Oh, I've been telling all the truths there are for soooo many years but people keep treating me as if I don't exist. That right there is profane! Such a complete disregard and dismissal. But, I suppose this is the way it's always been and this is why God addresses it when it is said, doing unto the least of people is doing unto him.

So when we treat people insignificantly, like they don't matter, we're treating God that way. Hey, OUCH!

But when we treat the least people with respect, we are serving God well.

It's a wicked harsh world and so full of woe. Hasn't it always been though? Now it's so much darker. Things have been steadily getting worse.

I reveal myself constantly but people don't see. They think I don't matter. They think I'm not real.

Profaned?

Catastrophically. Vulgarly. Unforgiveably.

And the return is to judge, not to save. And the return is to destroy. We are headed for a great big fire.

The Catholic church is built on the rock, which is Saint Peter (an apostle, disciple, saint, whatever). That's why the Catholics represent Jesus and *the saints* - they are the rock (the foundation of the church, although it is centered on Christ).