I'll admit I'm dumb

["The Mattrix" <soberman_69 at hotmail_com>]

Hey, before you just dismiss this as a stupid question, allow me to 
elaborate.  For one thing, I realize that the scholars in question could 
simply omit vowels, as Dan and Peter discussed earlier today, and as you do, 
but do they do this with more lengthy descriptives such as "the creator"?  
(You said "however you chose to say it" so I gotta ask.)  Now, all I know 
about this custom comes from seeing the movie "Pi" (great flick) and reading 
somewhere that temple priests/rabbi can't speak the name of God out of 
reverence. So, this makes me wonder, can the writings of Jewish scholars be 
read aloud?  How about to yourself?  When you read the word "G-d", don't you 
say the word "God" to yourself?  Have I been misinformed?  Are you indeed 
allowed to say it, just not write it?

This may sound like ridicule.  It isn't.  I find this subject to be 
fascinating, and am an ignorant man seeking enlightenment.

Speaking of which, is the term "God" a name or a title?  If so, then saying 
"Jimi Hendrix is a God" would qualify as taking the Lord's name in vain, 
right?  Anybody have any thoughts regarding the whole name vs. title issue.  
One thing that occurs to me since I've been forced to revaulate my whole 
stance on this is that I cringe when I hear someone say "Christ" as an 
expletive, but am downright offended when I hear the name "Jesus" used in 
the same manner.   So, I can certainly understand the whole wanting to refer 
to God as "G-d" thing, regardless of whether it be perceived as a title or a 
name, though I'd never regarded the "generic term God as being as meritous 
of reverence as the title "Christ".

Thanks for getting me to really think about this...

I wrote:
>
>See, the "however you choose to say it" part is the source of the
>misunderstanding.  That is kinda vague and nebulous.  How do Jewish 
>scholars
>write theologcal texts and essays withut referring to God "however they
>choose to say it"?  If allowances aren't made for titles, such as God, or
>descriptives such as "the creator", how do they get around this?  Help me 
>to
>understand this point, 'cause I'm curious.



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