Question about atheists

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: notfred
If I say "Easter Bunny" 100 times does it mean I believe there's an Easter Bunny?

Well no. But if an atheists gets into an argument with someone and says "g_d d@mn you!" aren't they basically invoking a being that they don't believe exists to do harm upon another? I mean, there's a reason they are called 'curse' words. 😀

the phrase has evolved to take on a broader meaning. kind of like "salary". it came from the word for "salt" because soldiers used to be paid in salt, but it has since evolved to mean something more general.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: notfred
If I say "Easter Bunny" 100 times does it mean I believe there's an Easter Bunny?

Well no. But if an atheists gets into an argument with someone and says "g_d d@mn you!" aren't they basically invoking a being that they don't believe exists to do harm upon another? I mean, there's a reason they are called 'curse' words. 😀

the phrase has evolved to take on a broader meaning. kind of like "salary". it came from the word for "salt" because soldiers used to be paid in salt, but it has since evolved to mean something more general.

I know..I have been a little facetious in my posts on this thread. 😀 I just got to thinking about the literal meaning of words and how they are applied. Then I saw yet another religious thread and that sparked the original post.

 

[xirtam]

Originally posted by: caramel
what does the "H" stand for, like when people say : Jesus H... X.

Howard. "Our Father, which art in heaven, Howard be thy name..."

hahaha. maybe they are cursing the gods which don't exist?

And btw, wouldn't it be damn God instead of God damn if you were damning God?

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: xirtam

Originally posted by: caramel
what does the "H" stand for, like when people say : Jesus H... X.

Howard. "Our Father, which art in heaven, Howard be thy name..."

hahaha. maybe they are cursing the gods which don't exist?

And btw, wouldn't it be damn God instead of God damn if you were damning God?

1. "hallowed" be thy name 😛
2. no! sometimes people say 'god damn you!' 😛

 

[Moonbeam]

Anyway, his name is Allah

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
What's with the underscoring/@'ing of "God damn" anyhow?
- M4H

Well, because while you may not believe in God or question his existence...I do believe in him...just trying to show the big guy a little respect. 😉

 

[kleinesarschloch]

i say "god damn it" all the time, and he/she/it never damns anything, thus further proving my point. 😀

 

[sandorski]

The whole subject of "swearing" is kinda odd, in a way, especially when it includes God/Jesus/etc. In the Old Testament of the Christian Bible(and the Jewish Scriptures) it states, "Do not take the Lord's(God's) name in vain." For most Christians this means not to say, "God damnit!", "Jesus Christ!", etc as a "swear" word. For the Jewish though, they have interpreted it in quite a different manner(although likely in a similar manner as well). For the Jew just saying the name of God(YWEH--generally accepted name) is to be avoided despite the context of it's use.

Just a piece of trivia.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: xirtam

Originally posted by: caramel
what does the "H" stand for, like when people say : Jesus H... X.

Howard. "Our Father, which art in heaven, Howard be thy name..."

OH... it's Howard! All this time I thought it was Horatio 😛

 

[DaveSimmons]

I say "goodbye" when I'm not really meaning to invoke the presence of a deity ("goodbye" = contraction of "God be with ye").

<-- agnostic

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: caramel

Originally posted by: xirtam

Originally posted by: caramel
what does the "H" stand for, like when people say : Jesus H... X.

Howard. "Our Father, which art in heaven, Howard be thy name..."

hahaha. maybe they are cursing the gods which don't exist?

And btw, wouldn't it be damn God instead of God damn if you were damning God?

1. "hallowed" be thy name 😛
2. no! sometimes people say 'god damn you!' 😛

I don't see how #2 supports your point at all.

It's still you asking God to damn someone else.

God (subject) damn (Verb) you (object).

so, what exactly is your point?

 

[Josephus]

Originally posted by: sandorski
The whole subject of "swearing" is kinda odd, in a way, especially when it includes God/Jesus/etc. In the Old Testament of the Christian Bible(and the Jewish Scriptures) it states, "Do not take the Lord's(God's) name in vain." For most Christians this means not to say, "God damnit!", "Jesus Christ!", etc as a "swear" word. For the Jewish though, they have interpreted it in quite a different manner(although likely in a similar manner as well). For the Jew just saying the name of God(YWEH--generally accepted name) is to be avoided despite the context of it's use.

Just a piece of trivia.

Taking the Lord's name in vain is using the Lord's name in a self serving manner; as in signing a marriage contract before God promising to "love and cherish 'til death do you part," then getting a divorce a couple of years later...... or swearing to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God... " then getting in the witness stand and lying...

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: Queasy
If an atheists repeatedly swears and uses the swear word 'g_d-d@mn' and all its variations....are they really an atheist?

Heh, actually... I don't. 🙂

I just say damn.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Josephus

Originally posted by: sandorski
The whole subject of "swearing" is kinda odd, in a way, especially when it includes God/Jesus/etc. In the Old Testament of the Christian Bible(and the Jewish Scriptures) it states, "Do not take the Lord's(God's) name in vain." For most Christians this means not to say, "God damnit!", "Jesus Christ!", etc as a "swear" word. For the Jewish though, they have interpreted it in quite a different manner(although likely in a similar manner as well). For the Jew just saying the name of God(YWEH--generally accepted name) is to be avoided despite the context of it's use.

Just a piece of trivia.

Taking the Lord's name in vain is using the Lord's name in a self serving manner; as in signing a marriage contract before God promising to "love and cherish 'til death do you part," then getting a divorce a couple of years later...... or swearing to "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God... " then getting in the witness stand and lying...

I agree with your definition, but many people view it more like the way I described as well.

 

[melly]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: caramel


1. "hallowed" be thy name 😛
2. no! sometimes people say 'god damn you!' 😛

I don't see how #2 supports your point at all.

It's still you asking God to damn someone else.

God (subject) damn (Verb) you (object).

so, what exactly is your point?

i see we have some people here that you just have to s-p-e-l-l it out for them...
my #2 was not asking God to damn someone else. let's substitute God with LeeTJ:

LeeTJ, damn you!