..... if they don't believe in God or Jesus? And why do Christians say "lucky me"? I'm a Christian and I don't believe in luck? Some of my friends who are atheist say Oh My God, and it's not right. THey don't even believe in Him and they are using his name in vain. It just weirds me out.
POINT MADE (from a question of someone's that I read)
You don't have to be religious to go to Heaven. I was looking on WIkipedia for how many Christians were in the world, and someone had put on their all these rituals and celebrations that neither my church nor my family recit or celebrate!? I, in fact, never even heard of them. I do pray to Jesus and read my Bible (willing, even though it's recquired at my school), and go to Church to stay in God, and yes we clebrate Good Friday, Easter Sunday, (sometimes) Palm Sunday, Christmas, and we have communion and nailing our pains to the cross (around Easter time, of course). So, get my point? People keep asking me this! Ok, love?
2007-04-27 02:36:40 · 30 answers · asked by ♥Reese is Blessed♥ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"God" is not the name of the biblical deity, so no one who says "God" is taking anyone's name in vain. The word "god" is a term for any deity, including Zeus, Hera, Neptune and all the others. "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" is the *name* given to the biblical god.
People who say "Oh sh*t" aren't calling for help from feces, I assume. It's just an expression, as is "oh god". Likewise "blessing" has other meanings unrelated to divine intervention.
I've never heard an atheist asking for prayers.
2007-04-27 02:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. I (an atheist) say "oh my God!" and "pray for me" not because I am actually referring to God. I say it simply as an interjection to express surprise, and the latter for luck before examinations. If this is offending your God, I am sincerely sorry, but what about those people who say "Goddamn blah blah"? Does God actually damn the thing? And, I think, some Christians DO believe in luck; they think of it as a miracle provided by God or something like that.
2. Everybody goes to hell, if every religion is correct. All religions have their own gods, and the religions all tell their believers that only the believers of that particular religion can go to heaven (eternal hunting ground for the Natives, etc). Since we do not all believe in all religions, it is only possible that everyone goes to hell.
There is also an argument that all religions refer to the same god but in different ways, but some religions involve countless gods, which proves that argument wrong.
2007-04-27 02:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by Jeremy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not the leader of a vast hidden atheist movement (not that one exists, of course) I can only speak for myself.
I don't use "pray for me" or "I'm blessed". Once in a great while I may say, "my god", but it's only if it's because of something extraordinary, and LazyTimeGirl is right - to me, it's just an expression. I use it when "wow" or some other expletive doesn't fit.
I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable or "wierds you out". Think of what your behavior does to us, though. To an atheist, when you say "God bless you" when they sneeze, it's like saying "Zeus protect you", or "May Thor keep you safe".
2007-04-27 02:45:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
these are called expressions... i don't say pray for me. i say wish me luck. and i definitely don't say i'm blessed. when things are going the way i want them, i know it's because i made it happen. if not, i don't say god is challenging me, i know i'm resposible for where i'm at. as far as saying lucky me, i think it is applicable where random events play in your favor, i.e. a cointoss. there's too many other situations in which random events are a factor to list. the point is sometimes they work in your favor, sometimes they don't. this all has do with probability though and not an invisible buddy in the sky making it happen.
2007-04-27 02:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's what Mr. O'Gasm, Zandanjos and WIL call out...I see no reason you may desire to not to boot.
2016-10-30 10:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do? Since when? I occasionally say something like "Oh god" but since it means nothing to me, its just an expression. But I'd never say "pray for me? or "I'm blessed" and I've never seen another Atheist say those either.
2007-04-27 02:46:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should take a step back and ask yourself why you felt compelled to ask such an obviously dishonest question.
Isn't part of the point of religion _supposed_ to be that it enforces morality? If that's the case, shouldn't questions like yours make you wonder what went wrong?
2007-04-27 02:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the Christians who always go about begging for prayers, not we atheists. When we have a stroke of luck we acknowledge it as such, not as a blessing from God.
As far as saying "Oh my God"--that's just an expression. We could just as easily say "Oh my Muhammad" but we'd probably get beheaded for it.
2007-04-27 02:41:06 · answer #8 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's a figure of speech. It's kind of like when people say "holy f-ing s hit". They are not suggesting that s hit is holy, but it's a nice way to create a sentence that provides a punch.
If you are in some way suggesting that atheists do believe in god then you need to pull your head out of the sand.
2007-04-27 02:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Bipolar Bear 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
These expressions, "Oh my god", "lucky me", etc, have become parts of english speech. They're expressions, just like "Wow" or "That's awesome."
Athiests may not believe in God or Jesus, but the expressions are used anyway. They aren't literally calling on God, but they say the words anyway.
2007-04-27 02:40:41 · answer #10 · answered by ZoeJayne 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋