Every one believes in God, whats the first thing people do when there life is in danger, out of there mouth comes "oh my God help me".
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We also firmly believe in the fabled "holy shit", in the blessed Saint "Oh please, not in the face", in the Archangel "Just take the money, don't shoot", and of course, the pantheon of cuss words unfit for the ears of the delicate citizens of the intertubes. We Americans have a very complicated faith...
Guilty as charged.
I've said it plenty-o times before. In my defense, it does not retain any Christian meaning.
It's a empty phrase that has been around for centuries, even before Jesus Christ.
Imagine a Greek, saying, "Great ZUES!!!". It does not mean squat.
Last time my life was in danger I screamed one loud, long FUCK! Even if I do yell 'oh my god' it's a cultural habit. I really am trying to break it.
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@ Godbuster
Jesus Tittyfucking Ass-slapping Bear-raping Christ. ~ I've got to remember that one.
Yeah, that's one of the things that results from growing up in a society in which "Oh my God" is uttered by anyone who's in trouble. These kind of things tend to rub off on you as a kid, and they can be hard to get rid of.
I'm training myself to say "Oh gods", as an appeal to Pelor, Moradin, Melora, etc. They're just as likely to hear.
wrong
It's usually "shit."
When my life was endangered directly I proclaimed, "Stand and engage!" or "Rangers Lead the Way!!"
Fuck your nonexistant God.
Fuck Jesus
and Fuck You.
Danger is a wonderful test.
Survivors take action, knowing that words of any kind are a waste of breath.
Losers cry to their imaginary friend and wait for him to drop in with a magic fix.
Sorry, I've already modified my social reflex into "Ye Gods".
I admit it's not a big change, but it's enough to piss people like you off.
Next step is to train myself to reflexively call out to Ceiling Cat.
I dunno. When I'm under that kind of stress, my entire vocal process tends to shut down. I don't think I'd really say anything. 'Cause, you know, I wouldn't be able to do so. At all.
Yeah, someone crying out for a higher power to help them during a high stress, panic situation where all sense of rationality gives way to desperation isn't exactly compelling evidence that everyone believes in God. I have a bizarre phobia of mold and spoiled food, and feel panicky whenever its around me -- doesn't mean that I actually believe that it'll jump out of its container and infect me with poisonous spores, does it? Panicky people are irrational and will use whatever means necessary to survive their situation. It's proof our overwhelming desire to survive, not of God's existence.
Oh, and btw, when I was in the ER and thought I was going to die, I never cried out to any deity. I was pleading with the doctors not to let me die.
First of all, no. A lot of people resort to profanity.
Second, just because someone says "Oh god" doesn't mean they believe in god. I often make reference to god or Jesus when exasperated. I even perpetuate the joke that I am both Jesus and the anti-christ with my friends.
Third, if someone professes faith only in moments when they're not thinking straight it's not an argument FOR faith. It's damn near and argument against.
Hmmm, that must mean I worship sex.
When in imminent danger, my outcry is generally: "Oh fuck. Oh Fuck, OH FUCK!"
And maybe someday, when your life is in danger, you'll have one of those moments when your life flashes before you and you regret all the things you never did, and you'll say, "Jesus Christ, I wish I had taken the time to learn how to spell! Good God, why didn't I pay attention in English class when they were explaining punctuation?"
whats the first thing people do when there life is in danger
Pretending for a second that this was a coherent sentence, the first thing I'd do is probably attempt to get out of danger . But I'm sane like that.
It's because of the Christian influence in all parts of society (and you idiots say you're persecuted). The connotation of the phrase doesn't have any religious meaning unless you really want it to.
I'm actually trying to slip "By the red beard of Thor!!" into my vocabulary and faze the other phrase out, but that's just me being a weird person.
Also, who says it has to be God? I never capitalize the word "god" unless I'm talking about the Christian one.
When I'm in danger, I usually scream "HOLY CATS!"
I guess that means I worship Ceiling Cat.
Or the Lady Bast =^.^=
In any case there are far worse choices as far as guardian deities go.
i dunno, god has become little more than slang in some places
he's not really a very rugged manly god you know. gods like zeus loved to have people use their name to swear.
But then, Zeus was a pimp.
Are you sure?. I never heard about that in Sweden or China, for example. Well, they don't speak English, as a matter of fact. Danm figurative language.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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