Atheist and "Oh my God!"

[ChibiInuYasha]

I know several atheist (or so they say) Who have this habit of saying, "Oh my God" and "What in God's name?" and " I hope to God" and all that good stuff. I find it very ironic and...well...stupid. I even heard one go so far as to say "I don't belive in God." And I said "Yeah right, you're just sayin' that." And you know what he said "No really! I swear to God!" IT'S SO SILLY! MWAHA!

[Dr Unne]

http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...%20of%20speech

Similarly when someone says "God damn it", they aren't literally asking God to send down a curse upon something, or asking God to send something into Hell.

[Denmark]

I used to call myself an atheist, but I'd say "liek omg wtf :O!!!111!!!11!1" and "oh god" and stuff liek that.

so now I call myself an apathist. Apathy...meh.

:P

[Skogs]

It's just an expression.

[Yamaneko]

At the same time you have a believer saying it and not really meaning it.

[Peegee]

By Allah's beard!

Yes, it is just a figure of speech. It's not ironic (how is it even irony btw) nor is it hypocritical. It's just wacky.

[DMKA]

LoL...thats just ammusing. Yes, I know...I used to have a friend named Stephanie and she always talked about how she didn't believe in god and then she'd always say "OHH MYYYY GOOODDDDD" like that. Some people are just silly and don't think about random stuff they shoot off...

Infact I'm pretty sure most people are.

[LH]

I don't say that phrase.

I do understand how some Atheists do though. If you hear something enough times it sticks with you, and "oh my God" is something you hear dozens of times daily. If everyone went around saying "oh my unicorns" 1,000 times a day I'm sure people who don't believe in unicorns would take to saying it. Idioms are not meant to be taken literally.

[Del Murder]

It's just a reflex, I try not to say it because it might offend some religous people, but it's a handy phrase when the shock is great. Words lose their original meaning after a while. It's just a slang phrase now.

[Nait]

Merciful Buddha!


I say omg because it's funny. Sometimes, though, I change to "gods" or something else.

[DMKA]

I say "oh my Yevon!".

No seriously, I do. :O_O:

[Ifrit's Bodyguard]

http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...%20of%20speech

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=blasphemy

[Duo]

They're just commonly used expressions, you fruit. @_@

[Baloki]

They're just commonly used expressions, you fruit. @_@

I do like fruit!

[Iceglow]

hmm true enough if you don't believe why say it? I used to believe in god now I don't well I do but I believe he's a lazy ass with nothing better to do than torture us. (I'll believe otherwise when I see the proof!)