"o' my god" , "god bless you" , "god damn it?
2007-03-01 00:34:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hahaha! Yes!
2007-03-01 00:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, many probaby do. Its a culture thing like saying Thursday which is named after the Norse god Thor. It doesn't imply you worship Thor. I used to say god bless you automatically because I grew up hearing it. I switched to gesundheit because it makes more sense to me to wish someone good health when they sneeze than to bless them in case a demon was going to enter their body. That is how saying bless you arose, people thought you were vulnerable to possession when you sneeze! I don't think many even religious people still believe this today but we still say it because it is more of a culturally ingrained habit.
2007-03-01 00:40:26 · answer #2 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard any say "god bless you" but the other sayings they often say because it's habit.
Those sayings don't really have any meaning anymore so if you are thinking "that means they believe in god" then don't because you are wrong.
2007-03-01 00:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, actually they love to say them. It's the religious persons who should be more careful about spending the word "god" on routine phrases.
2007-03-01 00:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by gurlu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do all the time, it's the cultural norm. I'm a theist and I use the word "goddamn" even though it's vulgar.
Ah yes, and thank God today is Thursday, lol!
2007-03-01 00:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They also say goodbye, Jesus H. Chist, Jesum Crow, gosh darn it, oh my goodness gracious, Christmas, boo ya kasha!
2007-03-01 00:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by Yogini 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep - but they are just meaningless sayings - we don't actually mean o my god or for god to bless you
2007-03-01 00:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by cool321steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Do you use the word "Thursday" (Thor's Day) and not believe in the hammer god?
2007-03-01 00:39:53 · answer #8 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Oooh, best misspelling of a-the-ist today.
and yes I do. wow, I must believe in God after all!
2007-03-01 00:39:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only as an expression. Due to it´s vulgar significance, not by religiosity...
2007-03-01 00:39:32 · answer #10 · answered by Gabriel G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋