Don't deny it.
2007-07-14 18:30:03 · 26 answers · asked by J 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because they're colloquialisms which express surprise, anger or exacerbation. It's true, they reference that which does not exist.
Why do you continue to discuss movies and television shows? What, didn't you know that those characters don't ACTUALLY exist?
2007-07-14 18:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not An Atheist, But I surely am interested in the answers to this. > I think it is a very good, Sound. question. God Bless You !
2007-07-14 18:39:24 · answer #2 · answered by minnetta c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a habit, nothing more. If I see a car on fire, and I say "Holy smokes!" does that mean I think religion has anything to do with it. Of course not. It's just a habit. Do you think people who say "I'll be a monkey's uncle" think that their sister is going to give birth to a baby monkey?"
2007-07-14 18:35:27 · answer #3 · answered by holacarinados 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you think only Atheists say these things? I hear plenty of so-called "devout" Christians say these things as well, including priests and nuns and bishops, as well as people from nearly every other religion out there.
2007-07-14 18:48:15 · answer #4 · answered by MrKnowItAll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back under your bridge I think I hear The Three Billy Goats Gruff coming...
2007-07-14 18:34:07 · answer #5 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh I never use them words. When I say God damn I don't put little asterisks in it.
Kisses Betty B.
2007-07-14 18:36:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I've caught myself wondering the same thing from time to time. Guessing it's just force of habit or conditioning, we hear it so often everywhere.
2007-07-14 18:42:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Force of habit. Personally, I was raised Catholic.
BTW, if I say "Holy Cow!" am I a Hindu?
2007-07-14 18:36:11 · answer #8 · answered by Just! Some? *Dude* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't I deny, I don't do it. Just because it's a waste of jaw movement though.
2007-07-14 18:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaningless epithets. The use of such expressions does not imply belief in any underlying concepts.
2007-07-14 18:33:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋