I find it slightly annoying and in ways slightly offensive. how do you feel about it?
2007-12-11 09:51:22 · 18 answers · asked by †BURLYMAN† 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I find it offensive when a christian especially says that...I'd smack my kids for it. We know the Bible says that it is a sin for ANYONE to take the lords name in vain...ummm...IT IS A COMMANDMENT !!!
2007-12-11 10:08:15 · answer #1 · answered by awaiting_his_return 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that such a phrase as "oh my god" is cultural slang. Seldom does anyone really thing of the full meaning of its use. Its like someone yelling "god damn it" when they smash their thumb with a hammer.
You may find it offensive because it is blasphemy to you, and since you are a Christian, I think it would be. In order to have a fair deal of tolerance and understanding, you must be willing to accept that not everyone holds this value.
2007-12-11 09:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-02 22:43:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It urks me! I don't allow my niece and nephew to say it in my home, but adults, what do you do about them?? I just brush it off and look at it as any other sin, gambling, adultery, etc. they are just on the wrong path and just have no idea! It is like the f word, just un nerving, but a little worse since they are talking about their own personal loving creator and don't even know or care!
God clearly says not to take his name in vain. If a Christian says that, that is like saying "oh, I steal all the time, I'm not going to stoop down to that level and not do it to please others"
2007-12-11 09:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel like they should not say that, but at times I catch myself saying that sometimes, so I have no room to judge. In times of great stress sometimes you say things you don't mean to say, just out of your stress you speak with little thought. They say it out of stress and excitement or surprise, all those things have little thought in the words that are spoken people will say things that don't mean to say but say then anyway out of those 3 emotions, or feelings.
2007-12-11 09:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians did not invent the concept of god or gods.
2007-12-11 09:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by Allison L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and I say it all the time...it's just a expressive term. Plus, I think it makes us Christians look petty and sensitive when we complain about such things.
2007-12-11 09:56:14 · answer #7 · answered by Libertarian till' Death 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Slightly hurt that they have just took my lord, my god's name in vain.
2007-12-11 09:55:26 · answer #8 · answered by ~*Felicity*~ 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
im buddhist and i try to say oh my gosh. but sometimes i say oh my god.
its just something that is easier to say than if you replace it with a different word.
2007-12-11 09:56:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and I say it all the time.
My beliefs have not allowed me sink to levels of being offended by the words of others.
Their path is not mine.
2007-12-11 09:58:52 · answer #10 · answered by Kaybee 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋