Atheist and "Oh my God!"

[Breine]

I know. It's really silly. I'm a atheist myself and I sometimes say those things (Like 'Oh God!' and such). Anyway, it's a habit people (And I) have, and that's all that is to it.

[Nait]

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

Haha, even more reason to why we do it.

[Dr Unne]

Many swear words and interjections are based on "blasphemies", yeah. Even the ones you wouldn't think are. "Gadzooks", dictionary.com says probably came from "God's hooks", referencing the cross or something.

But yeah, it's all quite silly. I don't think it counts as blashpemy every time you use the word G-D in a sentence. Even my old Spanish teacher, a rather devout Catholic, used to yell "Ai mi madre" (referencing Virgin Mary), and she said she picked it up from living with nuns for a few years.

[Doomgaze]

Dios mio!


(screw you, my jingoistic american keyboard doesn't have accents, and ascii codes are for hippies)

[Evelia]

Does "gosh" come from that, too? Just curious, 'cos I used to live next door to this really Christian family. They had twin girls a few years older than me and I think I once said "oh my gosh." I was about four, but they took it really seriously and told me that I couldn't see them if I continued to use language like that. =(

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Gosh comes from God. Gee/Geez/Jeez comes from Jesus. No idea about "willickers," though.

[Del Murder]

I always try to look for a nonreligious exclamation in those cases, but 'Jseus Christ!' is so dang effective. Is there a good equivalent?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

<B><i>JOEY CUCAMONGA!</B><i>

[Del Murder]

I'll try that next time.

[Blackmage]

Y'know, I really wanted to make a topic about this one day. But someone already beat me to it. Gheh...

Yeah, nowadays, "Oh my God!" and "Goddammit!" have just become absorbed into today's culture as almost reflexive expressions, as if they're the only words that can enter your mind at a time of shock. I, an agnostic, find myself saying this on a frequent basis. And it's mainly 'cause my family uses it so much.

We (people who "contradict" themselves by saying these words) don't mean to offend anyone when we say it. We just say it 'cause it seems natural to say it.

[Skogs]

In middle English they used 'sblood and 'Zounds', for God's blood and God's wounds.