I usually use "-" or "*" just to respect the rights of others who might take offense. I picked up that habit from reading JPFO.org alerts. I will occasionally use "gawd," on the theory that it's like "goodbye," to which nobody takes offense, even though it's original meaning is "G-d be with ye." Or so I recollect.
Thanks for the research, fistful.
recent rabbinical decisions have held that writing on a computer is not a permanent form, thus it is not a violation to type God's Name into a computer and then backspace over it or cut and paste it, or copy and delete files with God's Name in them. However, once you print the document out, it becomes a permanent form.
Not to be lawyerly, but I wonder if copying to a CD constitutes a "permanent form?"
I guess, in my case, I'm going to continue using "*" and "-" just out of respect.
Terry, 230RN
REF:
http://jpfo.org/jpfo= "Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership"
No, I'm not Jewish. But I'm a firearms owner.