Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: ANDY'S FINAL FARE Message-ID: <9509191719.0OC3A03@support.com> References: Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 17:19:23 -0700 Lines: 55 hneeman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Henry Neeman) Andrew Greenberg (werdna@gate.net) said: >>G-d bless you all. Me: >You can't say His name, because you don't really mean it. Do you >Andy? I knew when I wrote that it was a mistake. >I realize that you guys have a longstanding dispute, and I don't know >much of the details, but on this particular point I think you may well >be mistaken. The spelling "G-d" is common among practicing (and many >non-practicing) Jews, because of the Biblical injunction on taking the >Lord's name in vain. In Hebrew, the common practice is to say "HaShem" >(the Name) instead of "Adonai," the Hebrew name of God. (I get to use >those words because I'm not a believer (8-).) Andy, I certainly meant no offence to any true reverence you have for God. And if the blessing was indeed sincerely meant for me, I apologize for using God's name in vain . >If you'd like documentation -- and I understand that someone in your >position has cause to be skeptical about anything he hears from people >he doesn't know well enough to trust -- you might want to read some >posts in newsgroups like soc.culture.jewish. No. I knew there were sects where God's name is never spoken. Sorry. >Anyway, that said, I don't really think the passage quoted above is >fair comment on your part. Pretty tasteless, now that I examine it. Thanks for pointing it out. >Please feel free to quote (with reasonable context) this particular >note in public posts. How'd I do? Fair use? > Henry Neeman > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > hneeman@ncsa.uiuc.edu > Not speaking for UIUC or NCSA +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"