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Using the name of God (or similar names) in vain
Why do I seem to notice this more than probably even most Christians do? And I'm not even Christian!
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Same.
Though I also tend to do it more than most Christians I know, even though that makes no sense at all.
The strangest thing is that I actually respect this commandment more often than do Christians that I see. "oh god" or "my god" or "what in god's/the lord's/jesus's name" or even stuff like "holy fucking god" and "jesus fucking christ" and such are pretty darn common English phrases, which I actually try to avoid using.
"God" isn't technically the name that's referring to, though.
Well, the commandment is supposed to cover basically these sorts of swearing/expletive statements, not just the ones with "god"/"God" (however you want to spell it) in them, right?
I was under the impression that it initially referred to saying Yahweh when you didn't need to.
But if rolls off the tongue so well!
In all seriousness, the use of the word "god" in that context is such a thoroughly ingrained concept that I'm legitimately surprised that someone does in fact commit to honoring the sanctity of the word.
Respect. o7
You haven't seen potnetially offensive until you've heard Serbian swears involving Christ's bone soup, monastery doors, Geiger counters and child molesting.
I dunno what it is with Eastern Europe and ridiculously colorful swearing, but yeah. Had a WoW buddy from Russia who would get bored during farm raids, do something stupidly aggressive (fire mage, naturally), then go full-out mat when crazy shit started happening as a result and the boss decided to go eat his face. It was a pretty transcendental experience.
Under the assumption that Christianity (or Judaism) is correct about the afterlife and such, I'm so, so going to Hell based solely on using the Lord's name in vain. XD
It makes me sound respectable.
My favourite of these phrases is "Christ on a bike", which is pretty rare. I have no idea what Christ might be doing on said bike, but there you are.
Yeah, I really tend to use God's name in vain a lot of the time.
^I imagine him popping a wheelie.
^^ Try "Christ on a dino" for extra sacrilege points.
My favorite has to be "Jesus H tapdancing Christ!"
I've always been a fan of "Sweet Jumping Jesus on a Stick", although I can't quite recall where I've heard it.
I have a soft spot for "What the Christ," myself.
What the christ's the one I use the most in IRC/Gtalk because it's handy and because, you know, you kinda have to reply quicker than in a forum
I mix 'em with disease swearwords, which does not translate into English at all. Jesus cancer typhoid sounds plain weird.
"Fuckin' typhoid hell!" sounds like a rather colorful, albeit disgusting, expletive statement.
While this has nothing to do with deities or other comparable beings, I'm fond of "dribbledick".
Usually when I drop one of these I'm like "oh sweet baby jesus" but it's really fast and sounds like all one word.
^^ May I also suggest adding cocksnot to the insult vocabulary?
You may indeed.
I've come to enjoy the word "dickbutt" way more than I'd like to admit.
For maximum wtf I like to jump to "shitting dick-nipples!". You can thank /d/ for that one.
I want to try "fuckin' mélangin' hell".
cuntnipples, its distaff counterpart, is just as amusing.
Suddenly the whole symmetrical docking meme has a whole new meaning.