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I've been reading Charlie this book called "The Math Wiz". It's about a boy who is really good at math, but terrible during "PE" i.e., Physical education, Sport, or Gym class. In the book he is upset because he is always picked last when choosing up teams (and I can't help but wonder if there is a class all Gym teachers go to where they learn how to be as insensitive and cruel as possible)

I liked the book because it was about a boy who was good at maths like Charlie, but always got picked last in gym class. I have no idea if Charlie has suffered that humiliation yet, but I know I have, and it got me to thinking.

When I got to high school, I finally found a large group of friends, and it turned out they, too, had suffered the humiliation of standing all alone in the gym, waiting until the last team captain rolled his or her eyes and said "I guess I'll take (insert name here). My college friends were comprised of the same sort of people, and that helped me get over the trauma that had been Gym Class grade school through junior high.

Since people on flists are also comprised of a bunch of people who share similar interests, I was curious as to how many of you had the same sort of experience - were you chosen last? First? Don't remember and don't care to? So, I did a poll. (I love polls)

[Poll #518569]

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Catholics call him Yaweh, but also God.

I don't think Jews are supposed to name him at all.

Right, which is why I thought I had backup for Yahweh being the Jewish term when any term is used. The whole bit about the ineffable name of G-d started out with YHWH, which was literally ineffable, and as that's so close to Yahweh I thought Yahweh was an archaic Jewish term.

I was raised Catholic and though I heard the word Yahweh from time to time I never heard anyone actually reference God that way except when they were reading a formal text.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that "Yahweh" is probably used more by Catholics than any other group.

I grew up Catholic too. People mostly said "God" but "Yahweh" was used a lot too, and I think I even heard "Jehova" a few times. (It was a pretty radical church.) But I've noticed that my friends who didn't grow up Catholic often don't even know the word "Yahweh."