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I love when my VERY religious family members try to play gotcha with me when I say goddamn it. I then explain that one: I use the vernacular I grew up with and two: if I was revealing my secret deism wouldn’t I be worried about taking their name in vain?!

Jimm 4 July 30
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Why do they always have to take things so literal? When I exclaim 'FUCK' I'm not suggesting I want to Fuck and the same applies to 'SHIT' or 'MOTHER FUCKER'. If they spent more time following the message of love that their fictional Jesus was purported to have brought as his divine message to them, instead of nit picking chapter and verse to justify their hatred then the world would be a better place.

I find that most of the purported “Christians” I meet are bigger followers of the Old Testament than his “word.”

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Except my grandmother, that'd elicit a "jesus fxckin christ, you guys" from me.

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OMG ..they should let it go..jesus..its not easy to rid yourself of old habits for God's sake! God almighty we are not robots!

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It says a lot about them that using their Lord's name in vain is a sign of belief. Isn't there a rule against that somewhere that they should be following.?

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How do they know you were referring to the christian god? You could have just as easily meaning Odin or Zeus or any number of other deities.

GwenC Level 7 July 31, 2018
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They try to play "gotcha" because they have nothing else.

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Most curse words seem to involve deities and sexual/excretion functions.

I used to redirect high school student cursing tendencies to learning new vocabulary; they could only curse if they used such words as, "Oh, excrement," "that's just copulation great," or "male bovine feces!"

I had Thai children saying "You water buffalo!" in English, instead of the Thai curse word that means the same thing, etc.

Brilliant

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Point out that your curse never comes to fruition.

JacarC Level 8 July 31, 2018
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It’s amazing that a Western country contains people that worry about blasphemy. I don’t think most N.W European societies really give two fucks about saying “Jesus H.Christ” “For Christ’s fucking sake.” I don’t understand this obsession with god in America. It’s like believing in leprechauns. I feel it’s incredible that people have to self-censor and have concerns about “coming out” as atheists.
I feel sorry that we even had to create a community for ourselves. It’s just very alien.

Livia Level 6 July 31, 2018

Your absolutely right about N Europe. I certainly, in Australia from England, find parts of USA totally out of touch. My frequent cuss is Jesus fucking Christ as its my vernacular and no one bats an eye lid.

It makes sad and angry the US no longer has separation of church and state. Especially now that mr Magoo (Jeff sessions) has come up with this religious liberty bullshit. Jesus fucking christ!

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I have an in-law that liked to correct me by uttering “G D”!
I would reply “don’t be goddamn stupid”

2 things about “G D”:
-what are you, 8 years old? Get real...
-there’s an all powerful being that created the universe and life and watches over all. Somehow, saying GD is cunning enough to trick it and you’re clever enough that you’ve found this cosmic loophole. Get fucking real...

Btw, it didn’t take long for her to never interrupt me with GD again.

Josh87 Level 4 July 30, 2018
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Tell them you're saying gawddamn it..........................

I try to remember to say godsdamn.

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