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Why do we use the expression, "Jesus Christ" or "Oh my God" ?
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Sideswipe001
Golden Member
I highly doubt it was random. I'd bet it was someone showing off that they didn't care if they broke the 10 commandments, and that it just simply grew from there.
RagingBITCH
Lifer
Why is fvck you so offensive? Why are "bad" words bad, when 50 years ago they probably didn't even exist? I certainly doubt you'll get a question to any of those questions because it's just so vague.
Sideswipe001
Golden Member
This one isn't vauge. Sheesh, the Jews *forgot* the name of God (Yaweh or something like that is the best guess we have now) because it was blasphemey to say it. It was a part of the 10 commandments not to use the name of the Lord in vain. Why do people do it? The same reason they commit adultery and murder and everything else. Either they don't believe in it, or they just think it's stupid and don't follow it.
It was simply a way to rebel against something they believed once, that has grown now into useage in modern society. Cursing at God when you're unhappy about something.
It originally came from people praying. Probably in medieval times and so on, on the battlefield.
Guy comes up to you with morning-star
"Jesus Christ, protect me!"
You kick guy with morning-star in the balls, take his weapon
"Oh my god, give me strength!"
We've just shortened it because we're lazy.
Guy comes up to you with morning-star
"Jesus Christ, protect me!"
You kick guy with morning-star in the balls, take his weapon
"Oh my god, give me strength!"
We've just shortened it because we're lazy.
Kyteland
Diamond Member
The Jews did not forget the name Yahweh. The clergy decided that since the average man didn't always know why uses of the name would be blasphemous that they would ban use of the word altogether. Basically to protect you from yourself. If one never said Yahweh then one could never take the name in vain (or is it vane? I forget.) They clergy, however, passed the name down through the ranks and kept it alive. It is also still written in ancient texts.
The reason you see so many "The Lord, our God"s in the old testiment, etc. isn't because people thought it sounded good, or pious. It was because the original texts read "Yahweh, our God" or "Our Lord, Yahway". They weren't allowed to modify meaning texts so they simply changed all references to Yahweh to something like the above.
I believe people use it because they want to compound their disbelief that God or Jesus exists. It might the feel better to blame someone or something that has no direct way to influence their actions.
I have been trying to stop swearing all together since Jesus Christ has saved me, but I going on twelve years I still use certain words when I am injured or angered by something or someone.
But at least God forgives me when I ask him. 🙂
I have been trying to stop swearing all together since Jesus Christ has saved me, but I going on twelve years I still use certain words when I am injured or angered by something or someone.
But at least God forgives me when I ask him. 🙂
People use it because the culture has defined that those words contain power. If I want to show that I am _extremely_ suprised / excited / pissed off, I will use a powerful word to pretense that emotion.
I highly doubt any person says oh my god simply because they want to conciously defy a god. But because growing up, they knew those words were the ones that pushed the most buttons and thus got labeled as the strongest words to use.
I highly doubt any person says oh my god simply because they want to conciously defy a god. But because growing up, they knew those words were the ones that pushed the most buttons and thus got labeled as the strongest words to use.