when you get hurt or your in a crisis to you say 'o my GOD' or 'O MY ATHEISM!'
2006-09-09 03:28:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's all context dependent but God never comes into it, any more than the Tooth Fairy would.
2006-09-09 03:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whenever I hear something funny I say "Oh my God" since it's a joke. If I am hurt or in a crisis, I try to stay calm and find a more reliable source of help than an imaginary old man.
2006-09-09 03:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very good... this is an interesting question.
The phrases "Oh my God" "God dammit" "God bless you" etc. are so programed into people of the American culture, atheists included, that they are commonly used without thinking. I personally try to avoid them by expressing other words of surprise, anger, politeness and whatnot in order to avoid the embarrassed feeling I have whenever I make the mistake of spouting such empty-headedness before thinking about what I'm saying... I don't like myself much when I allow a situation to push my buttons and make me respond as a robot would, simply copying what I've heard others say so often, in a knee-jerk reaction to a stimulus.
But my answer to your question is, "No." In fact I don't routinely say either of your suggested answers.... I do say, "Holy sh*t," with some frequency though - I'm not very keen on that phrase either because it's a little too crude for my ideal personality standards and I'm trying to get over the habit.
Here's one for you:
Who made you?
{}{}{} r u randy? {}{}{}
2006-09-09 04:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The phrases you are making more into than what they are are merely now something that the majority of Americans say no matter their belief system. It has become societal and not religious... even the religious I am around do not get their hackles up when they hear the phrase and many of them use it themselves. There comes a time when language loses it's specific meaning and becomes just a general usage and really has no meaning left that connects it to it's original intent.
2006-09-09 03:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Would it matter? Have you forgotten the injunction against using 'the lords' name in vain?
As an atheist, blasphemy is a blast for me. So...
"Oh my god, another hateful christian with what they think is some bitingly witty question that is in reality just poorly thought out and awkwardly phrased. Poor god damned simple minded people."
Have a nice day. );}
2006-09-09 04:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OH SH*&!
Another bored fundie trying to prove (I didn't think they ever required proof of things!) a point!!
Yawn.
I agree with bonzo and spookshows posts. It's nothinbg but a word many people have been brainwashed with.
2006-09-09 03:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by Marc B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O my atheism!?!?!?!? That's just weird.
I usually use whatever expletive comes to mind....sometimes I say Oh My god....because I love irony.
2006-09-09 03:34:08 · answer #7 · answered by crale70 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh I say "Oh God" all the time, but it doesn't mean anything. After all I'm sure you've said "I'm going to kill you," and not really meant it.
2006-09-09 03:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by slyintellectual 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Oh my God" doesn't really translate into "Oh, my God, help me!" Its more a vernacular expression meaning "Oh!" with emphasis, but I digress...
No, Atheists don't generally call for God when something happens.
2006-09-09 03:34:15 · answer #9 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use the Atheist term for god - Sh!+
2006-09-09 04:22:05 · answer #10 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋