Why does everyone say "Oh my God!" If they do not believe in God?

Question

Seriously, you never hear anyone say "Oh my Allah!" or "Oh my Buddha!" Maybe everyone really does believe?

Answer 1

LOL! "Oh my Allah" IS the same as saying, "Oh my God" (since Allah is God's name in Arabic), and a lot of my Muslim friends and I sometimes say "Oh my Allah".
Why those who don't believe in God say "Oh my God", I don't know, but I don't they realize they say that.

Answer 2

Because we are in the West, where Allah and Buddha are relative newcomers in the spiritual marketplace.

Actually, when I was in the Assemblies of God church, I refused to "take the Lord's name in vain." When I left, I started saying "Oh my God" and "goddamn." A lot. It felt wonderfully liberating. It felt like I was filing for divorce.

Now that I'm Pagan, I sometimes say "Oh my Gods," or "Gods forbid," or "Thank the Gods." I even have an abbreviation--"TTG" for "thank the Gods," which has passed to some of my Pagan friends.

Answer 3

well i've Got the Power i use it because it is a sociological term to express frustration, anger, irritation, disbeleif , shock etc same is any other sociological terms phrases and i dont beleive in god and no it has no effect or meaning behind it it is sociology related you should read up on sociology and people ,it is a very interesting subject words have previous unknown, known, hidden and unused and no longer used or associated meanings words and the meanings of words change all the time, every year, every decade, every century, words mean soemthing new gay used to mean happy, now it means homosexual bas***d used to mean a fatherless child, now its a swear to describe a horrible person you see the point? words dont mean the same thing or the same reason for ever and ,oh my god is now sociologically accepted as a world wide expression of anger, frustration, disbeleif, irritation and shock not just believing ;-)

Answer 4

It's habit. People aren't even aware they're doing it.

Why do people use Pagan God names to describe the days of the week? Does that mean everyone is a Pagan?

Woden's Day, Thor's Day, Freya's Day, Saturn's Day.

Answer 5

When I was an Atheist, it was just another swear word to me, it was not a supernatural person, now that I am a christian, I catch myself trying to swear his name in vain and not on purpose, but by accident, and have to bite my tongue now. I guess if I were in a foreign country were they worshipped buddah, I would take thatnamein vein and it would just be another swear word, once again and not a deity.

Answer 6

Its just a saying. It means nothing so why should it matter? It only matters if you believe in the religion. Any other time, its just words.

Answer 7

That's a terribly desperate thing to say. Surely you're aware that it's utterly ridiculous, right?

So why would you intentionally say something as ridiculous as that? Why are believers so desperate to deny the existence of atheists?

Answer 8

I don't believe in any god and I never say "Oh my God". I may say "Oh my goodness/gosh" however.

Answer 9

it is a conditioned response to a sudden suprise.

just like Jesus Christ! can be a sudden response to a painful situation. it is meerly a mark of society.

besides it is much easier to yell or grunt as the case may be than "Cerunuuos!"

Answer 10

I tell you what. Study linguistics, especially how language is learned. We learn language and expressions as children through listening to others. Therefore, we learn "Oh my god." It has nothing to do with beliefs but only to do with linguistics and how linguistic knowledge is achieved. Oh ya, Holy ****! I must now belive in feces that is holy!