God...(Not a religion thread)

[Brigandier]

Just a question, why is God the part censored in "God Damn"?

That seems to be the inoffensive part of the phrase...

 

[Alone]

What? Where is it censored?

 

[Perknose]

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a God."

 

[Brigandier]

What? Where is it censored?

Television.

 

[Zebo]

You're not supposed to use lords name in vain (improper or irreverent manner) religion nuts take it seriously. I don't say it because I don't enjoy pissing people off for no reason. I don't say it to muslims cause I don't want my head cut off.

 

[Pardus]

God's last name is not "Dammit."

 

[Alone]

Television.

Blasphemy offends many.

 

[Brigandier]

Blasphemy offends many.

God damns millions of things each year, what's wrong with asking him to damn what you want for once?

 

[Cogman]

Some of the bigger religions out there, Judiasim, Christianity, and even Islam, have laws against saying the lords name in vain. That has just sort of evolved into a rule that you should not use any word for deity as a swear.

That being said, it is a joke. Most of the censoring is so far off that it isn't really even censoring anything but silence.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

The bleeping is weird with a lot of words. I don't watch a lot of TV anymore, but I seem to remember hole being the censored part of asshole.

 

[HAL9000]

Wow. Didn't know it was. American censorship makes me laugh.

 

[DangerAardvark]

You know someone's stupid when they call it the "GD word".

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

LOL America.

 

[Jeff7]

God damns millions of things each year, what's wrong with asking him to damn what you want for once?

And there's nothing wrong with asking him for petty little things, like blessings following sneezing.

(I live alone, and I do sneeze at home, with no one there to bless me. Am I doomed, or what? "Bless you" when people sneeze.....makes no sense.)

 

[DangerAardvark]

And there's nothing wrong with asking him for petty little things, like blessings following sneezing.

(I live alone, and I do sneeze at home, with no one there to bless me. Am I doomed, or what? "Bless you" when people sneeze.....makes no sense.)

Maybe it's a hold over from the middle ages when the act of sneezing carried with it a 50% mortality rate, and you needed some God blessings to cure you.

 

[blinblue]

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a God."

And we have a winner. They censor the "God" because the sentence would make no sense otherwise. So either they could censor the whole thing when they could get by with a "Damn", censor the "Damn" and have a sentence that doesn't make sense, or censor the "God" and have a sentence that does make sense.

And, unless I'm mistaken, the FCC doesn't care about "God Damn" so whoever is censoring it doesn't actually have to.

 

[Jeff7]

Maybe it's a hold over from the middle ages when the act of sneezing carried with it a 50% mortality

I'd figured as much, though if that's the case.....ok people, some ancient traditions can seriously go away.

 

[Jaepheth]

You're not supposed to use lords name in vain (improper or irreverent manner) religion nuts take it seriously. I don't say it because I don't enjoy pissing people off for no reason...

For a related (but dissimilar) reason I'll sometimes use the phrase "Christ on a cock!"

 

[Jeff7]

For a related (but dissimilar) reason I'll sometimes use the phrase "Christ on a cock!"

 

[SphinxnihpS]

It's funny how many euphemisms people use for getting around 2 of 10. If you look closely, you will even see that Arcadio-like people have been involved in the process.

Euphemisms for God:

ga
gad
gadfrey
gawd
godfrey
gol
golly
good God
good gracious
good grief
good Lord
goodness
goodness gracious
goodness me
good night
gosh
gracious
great Scott
od
odd
Euphemisms for oh God:

egad
egads
yegads
Euphemisms for oh my God:

oh my
oh my gawd
oh my goodness
omigosh
Euphemisms for by God:

begorra (Irish)
b'gosh
by gar
by George
by Jove
pardie (French)
Euphemisms for Jesus:

cheece
cheese
cheez
cheeze
gee
gees
gee whiz
geez
geeze
jee
jeepers
jee whiz
jeez
jeminy
jiminy
sheece
sheesh
Euphemisms for Christ:

cracky
cricky
crikey
criminy
cripes
Euphemisms for Jesus Christ:

jeepers creepers
jeez Louise
Jiminy Cricket
Euphemisms for by Jesus:

bejabers
bejeezus
bejesus
by jingo
Euphemisms for for Christ's sake:

for chrissakes
for crying out loud
for Pete's sake
Euphemisms for Lord:

lawdy
lordy
Euphemisms for God's hooks (crucifixion nails):

gadzooks
odd's bodikins
ods bodkins
zooks
Euphemism for God's body:

ods body
Euphemism for God's flesh:

odds fish
Euphemisms for God's wounds:

gadzounds
ods zounds
zounds
Euphemism for God's blood:

ods blood
Euphemisms for God rot:

drat
drats
Euphemisms for God blind me:

blimey
gorblimey
Euphemisms for hell:

heck
Sam Hill
Euphemisms for damn:

blame
blast
confound
dang
darn
dash
dern
durn
hang
Euphemisms for damnation:

darnation
tarnation
Euphemisms for God damn:

dad blame
dadgum
dagnab
doggone
god-awful (short for goddamned awful)
Godfrey Daniels
god rot
goldang
goldarn
goldurn
goshdang
goshdarn

 

[SlickSnake]

It's funny how many euphemisms people use for getting around 2 of 10. If you look closely, you will even see that Arcadio-like people have been involved in the process.

Euphemisms for God:

ga
gad
gadfrey
gawd
godfrey
gol
golly
good God
good gracious
good grief
good Lord
goodness
goodness gracious
goodness me
good night
gosh
gracious
great Scott
od
odd
Euphemisms for oh God:

egad
egads
yegads
Euphemisms for oh my God:

oh my
oh my gawd
oh my goodness
omigosh
Euphemisms for by God:

begorra (Irish)
b'gosh
by gar
by George
by Jove
pardie (French)
Euphemisms for Jesus:

cheece
cheese
cheez
cheeze
gee
gees
gee whiz
geez
geeze
jee
jeepers
jee whiz
jeez
jeminy
jiminy
sheece
sheesh
Euphemisms for Christ:

cracky
cricky
crikey
criminy
cripes
Euphemisms for Jesus Christ:

jeepers creepers
jeez Louise
Jiminy Cricket
Euphemisms for by Jesus:

bejabers
bejeezus
bejesus
by jingo
Euphemisms for for Christ's sake:

for chrissakes
for crying out loud
for Pete's sake
Euphemisms for Lord:

lawdy
lordy
Euphemisms for God's hooks (crucifixion nails):

gadzooks
odd's bodikins
ods bodkins
zooks
Euphemism for God's body:

ods body
Euphemism for God's flesh:

odds fish
Euphemisms for God's wounds:

gadzounds
ods zounds
zounds
Euphemism for God's blood:

ods blood
Euphemisms for God rot:

drat
drats
Euphemisms for God blind me:

blimey
gorblimey
Euphemisms for hell:

heck
Sam Hill
Euphemisms for damn:

blame
blast
confound
dang
darn
dash
dern
durn
hang
Euphemisms for damnation:

darnation
tarnation
Euphemisms for God damn:

dad blame
dadgum
dagnab
doggone
god-awful (short for goddamned awful)
Godfrey Daniels
god rot
goldang
goldarn
goldurn
goshdang
goshdarn

HOLY SMOKES BATMAN!

I bet that took you, what, hours to compile? ^_^

 

[SphinxnihpS]

HOLY SMOKES BATMAN!

I bet that took you, what, hours to compile? ^_^

Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 seconds.:awe:

 

[mk]

Probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 seconds.:awe:

Impressive! :awe:

Do people really think that God/Jesus is fooled when they use an euphemism?

 

[SlickSnake]

Impressive! :awe:

Do people really think that God/Jesus is fooled when they use an euphemism?

Yes, fools do.

 

[mk]

Yes, fools do.

Odd that people worship a god they think is that dumb. Also, one would think that God would be more pissed when people do this than when they use his name in vain.