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This is off-topic, but I am curious as to your typing G-d. I wonder, are you Jewish?
Technically, you are correct. According to Jewish tradition, I am a natural Jew, because Jewish heritage is passed down through the mother's side of the family. My mother's mother was a Sephardic Jew, and her family, from Morocco, "practiced" their traditional faith.
However, I believe in the Messiah, and am a practicing Christian. Sephardic Jews(Spanish, Eastern), are, by tradition, much more traditional and Conservative Jews than the other large group, Ashkenazis(European Jews). Thaiquila is an Askenazi Jew. That is why I constantly razz him all the time.
Sephardics tend to look at Ashkenazis as being less than what Jews should be, as they have such a high percentage of secular/G-dless and are riddled with Socialists and Marxists.
But yes, in answer to your question, I respect my Jewish heritage and when I must use the word, I never completely spell it out.