if athiest dont beleive in god but beleive in nothing??

Question

do you ever: say holy sh*t, for gods sake , oh my god , lord have mercy etc etc.....or do you say ...nothing sh*t, for nothings sake, nothing have mercy....you get were im coming from

Answer 1

I know huh? They also say: Jesus Christ. Why dont they use buddha's name or muhammed's name instead?

Answer 2

I'm an atheist, and I'd just like to correct you. I don't believe in nothing, I believe there is no God. And yes I do say for God's sake, but I also say fo f*ck's sake, and as someone quite rightly pointed out, this isn't a reference to fornication. It's a cultural expression, like saying "Bless you" when someone sneezes.

And I don't said holy sh*t or God have mercy anyway, cos what would be the point in saying God have mercy when there's no one there? That one's unavoidably unambiguous...

Answer 3

Its true Atheists don't believe in god, but they don't believe in nothing. Its very hard to even imagine nothing. In fact, I don't think it's possible.
Anyway, Atheists swear the same as the other people in the culture in which they live. So it depends on that. I never say holy ****, or lord have mercy, and I don't know anyone who does, but I would say for God's sake or even God Almighty. These words don't have there original meaning when you swear. In fact, I suppose it is easier for an Atheist to swear using God's name than for a true believer, as he doesn't need to worry about upsetting god, only other people.

Answer 4

I get what you are saying but it doesn't make much sense. Some of those phrases are actually something a believer shouldn't say. Anyway, when someone grows up around certain phrases those phrases tend to become part of the individuals vocabulary. For instance, when a christian talks about knowing god is real because they know it in their heart...the christian isn't literally meaning that their heart (the organ) has the ability to know anything. In the same way if an atheist say, for instance, "oh my god" doesn't have mean they literally believe in god, it's just a phrase s/he's picked up from living in a theistic society.

Answer 5

I don't understand this argument. They're curses. Atheists are "taking the Lord's name in vain." Wouldn't it be worse for a Christian to say "God damn it"?

Besides...they are figures of speech deeply ingrained in our current society that has Christians as the majority. There are many other figures of speech we use today that have their roots in irrelevant things. The only one I can think of now is how we still call some CD's Albums from such and such artist. "Albums" is still an antiquated figure of speech from when we used to have records instead of CD's. Yet we still use it!

Answer 6

I say tooth fairy, that does not mean I believe in it. You typed the word nothing, so you must believe in nothing. You see where you are coming from? I do, and you need to go back there, and figure out how to form a point.

Answer 7

I say p*ss off, f**king hell...does that mean i'm actually talking about p*ss and that i believe in hell too? Some people call gay men 'fairies', i suppose they secretly have wings and fly around forests too..some people call women 'dragons', i suppose they too turn into these creatures at night and that's why we have fires!
They are just phrases that people use to express themselves for different reasons. It doesn't mean that you can't say any word related to religion or other beliefs if you infact, don't believe..if you believe in god, don't believers say that you shouldn't use his name in vain, anyway?

Answer 8

I know where you are going and some may say them and some like myself don't. I have a British hubby so I have a whole slew of more colourful things I can say.

Answer 9

You are confused to think that cultural ephiphets have religious significance.

Answer 10

Let's face it, this is a pretty lame question. They're figures of speech, nothing more.