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AnonymouseUser

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Thank god!
Goddammit
Holy shit
Dear lord!
[god] bless you
oh thank the lord!
Oh god... o god o god o god

What I use in place of the above:

Thank fuck!
Fuck!
Fucking shit!
What the fuck!
[mother] fuck you
oh thank fuck!
Oh fuck... o fuck o fuck o fuck

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AMDZen

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I like the science idea better. Thank science! Besides you would offend the gays, and you dirty liberal god haters don't want to do that. :(

Yea because anyone who isn't religious is automatically a liberal douche bag as well.

Funny that most all the people I know who believe in god swing left, and vice versa.
 

destrekor

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"jesus h. tapdancin fuckin christ on a goddamn pogo stick"

:awe:

That reminds me.
After saying "Jesus Christ!" one time, I had someone say, ":gasp: don't use his name like that!"
it made me lol then (that was 6th grade)

it makes me LOL harder now.
 

destrekor

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Yea because anyone who isn't religious is automatically a liberal douche bag as well.

Funny that most all the people I know who believe in god swing left, and vice versa.

and what about us heathens who swing more closely to libertarian than right or left?
all you fuckers view government wrong. :p
 
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I use religious idioms like "thank god". I believe that the more these are used in non-religious contexts the more we can dilute the meaning of religious words.
 

AMDZen

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and what about us heathens who swing more closely to libertarian than right or left?
all you fuckers view government wrong. :p

My point is that religion has nothing to do with politics, even though right wing radicals have been trying to make it part of their politics as of late. Now people think that if you think right that you are religious
 

oznerol

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A lot of English words and phrases have origins that aren't really relevant anymore, but they are still used.

I say "oh god" and "goddamn" and "bless you" without giving them any real religious implications - the same way I consider the 4th of July a holiday.

I also don't (often) literally think someone's mother is a female dog, even though I call them a son of a bitch.
 

MJinZ

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So, now that we can return to this topic after the mass god and atheist thread barrage...

I call upon you, my friendly heathens.

What say you, in regards to language use. Do you continue to use common language idioms that make reference to theistic notions such as god and his powers?

Phrases such as:
Thank god!
Goddammit
Holy shit
Dear lord!
[god] bless you
oh thank the lord!
Oh god... o god o god o god
and so on...

Do you still use these phrases, or have you discovered some other readily understood word combination that describes the same point you wish to make at that time?
I have found this topic confuses some people who know I lack theistic beliefs. They say, "oh why do you say "xxxx" if you don't believe? I knew you believed in god." And I have to reply, "no, I simply use those phrases because that are common language, and know of no other way to quickly make the same point or exclamation."

My favorite is Jesus F. Christ.
 

mk

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Regularly use: helvetti (hell), perkele, saatana (satan), jumalauta (roughly equivalent to goddammit in usage).
 
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I've resorted to saying "Thank the Emperor" Or "Nurgle Protects" and at the moment, is taking over my instinct to say "Thank God"

I've been playing a bit too much 40k. Still fun though.
 

OCGuy

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I think it is worse when a "Christian" says God Damn, which according to the bible, is just as bad as killing someone.
 

Nik

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:awe:

That reminds me.
After saying "Jesus Christ!" one time, I had someone say, ":gasp: don't use his name like that!"
it made me lol then (that was 6th grade)

it makes me LOL harder now.

It's funny because when the Bible talks about taking the lord's name in vain, it's referring to pretending to be a christian and not anything to do with vulgarity. It's rebuking those who cry out "my god, help me in my time of need" blah blah but not actually being a follower of Christ. It seems to have been aimed at that Pharisees and Sadducees who would pray in public out loud (at the top of their lungs on street corners and stuff) so that others would think they're super religious but behind closed doors were as evil as they come.
 

OCGuy

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It seems to have been aimed at that Pharisees and Sadducees who would pray in public out loud (at the top of their lungs on street corners and stuff) so that others would think they're super religious but behind closed doors were as evil as they come.

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totalnoob

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My point is that religion has nothing to do with politics, even though right wing radicals have been trying to make it part of their politics as of late. Now people think that if you think right that you are religious

Small government atheists are usually called Libertarians. :)
 

Jeff7

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Yeah. Goddammit, oh god, that sort of stuff.
I might not be referring to the Christian deity/deities though. It's not my fault they tried to turn a generic term into his name.

god = generic term for any old deity
God = "Yeah, that's ok, whatever. I don't care. I'll simply refer to you as 'Human' from now on, and you're going to like it. But look, I capitalized it, so it's ok. :awe:"