Many people who are Jewish or of Jewish influence do this out of respect and reverence to the name of God. I know many Jewish people so I see this often. See: http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm
Hopefully that will explain it. I didn't mean to get religious here, just wanted to explain why you see this. In reality, for the person doing it, it is out of reverence, not to insult or offend anyone. Some do it out of habit, other out of deep adherence to Jewish law.... or sometimes some combination between the two. |
