An atheist was walking through the woods one day in Alaska, admiring all that evolution had created. "What majestic trees! What a powerful river! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Turning to look, he saw a 13-foot Kodiak brown bear beginning to charge towards him. He ran as fast as he could down the path. He looked over his shoulder and saw that the bear was rapidly closing on him. Somehow, he ran even faster, so scared that tears came to his eyes. He looked again and the bear was even closer. His heart pounding in his chest, he tried to run faster yet. But alas, he tripped and fell to the ground. As he rolled over to pick himself up, the bear was right over him, reaching for him with its left paw and raising its right paw to strike him.
"OH MY GOD! ..."
2006-07-18 18:35:46 · 14 answers · asked by FunnyGuyHA 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I got you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Touchy touchy people are we
2006-07-18 18:40:58 · update #1
I don't understand your point. For one, it was a completely fabricated story. Secondly, expletives such as this are spoken not for their literal meaning but for their figurative meaning.
So accordingly to your rationale, here are a few other common expletives and their literal meanings:
"F**K YOU" - I want to have sexual intercourse with you.
"SH*T" - I need to take a dump and wanted to announce it to everyone.
"HONEST TO PETE" (a bit outdated, but still) - I Don't want to lie to Pete anymore, I should just come clean and tell him the truth.
"BEAT IT" - Hit that thing with hammer a few times.
"A$$HOLE" - In some strange way, you resemble someone's anus
the list goes on and on
The point: Expletive phrases are never to be taken literally, and it doesn't mean a thing other to express emotion.
2006-07-18 19:12:20 · answer #1 · answered by duffman071 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a DORK!!!
Read a different book! Put down that Bible and read something else...really.
Maybe you could start with the now 170 year old title "The Origin of Species" written by the Rev. Charles Darwin...yes he was an Anglican priest. This is a dangerous text because it blows the concept that Humans were some how "created" separately from everything else.
Or perhaps something from the last century...you know the 20th century..that seems to have passed you by. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephan Hawking...which probably has way too much math...so I'm sure you will avoid the headache.
Ok...How about this...find some used college textbooks like "Biology 101", "Basic Physics", "Chemistry 101" and "Physical Geography 101". That should get you occupied for a year or two giving you ample time to kick the Bible addiction.
...get tuned up a little...and quit reading authors from 5000 years ago when the world didn't know sh** and people thought dreams came from God.
2006-07-19 01:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by Perry L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stupid bastard should have zig-zagged, bears have trouble making course corrections with all that weight smashing forwards.
But the term oh my god is a socially ingrained term for surprise and fear, just like exclaiming "Jesus Christ!" It has come to lack its religious context in secular society.
2006-07-19 01:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lucifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Oh my God' has become a meaningless phrase now. When people say it, they don't say it in reference to God. It could be 'oh my unicorn' or anything and it would have the same relevance - it doesn't mean that the person saying it believes in unicorns!
2006-07-19 01:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is the first half of a joke that has been posted on here numerous times. Search for it and see if you can complete it.
2006-07-19 01:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your point being??
A man walking across the yard steps on a rake and it hits him in the forehead. jesus christ that hurt ....
does it make him a Christian?
or was it just another expletive?
2006-07-19 01:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by cat38skip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very True. The one Atheist in my family hit his hand and said jesus that hurt. I remember thinking if you don't believe why would you call on his name.
funny joke
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2006-07-19 01:39:34 · answer #7 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An old joke, told with several different variations...get some new material....
2006-07-19 02:05:45 · answer #8 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he screamed oh my god, I wish the god fearing man who decided to post this wouldn't have screwed up the rest of this joke!!!!!
2006-07-19 01:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just an expression of surprise or fear, doesn't really mean anything.
2006-07-19 01:39:14 · answer #10 · answered by Its_me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋