If You Don't Believe In God Anymore, Do You Still Say God Bless You or Thank God, etc.?

by minimus 11 years ago 26 Replies latest 11 years ago jw friends

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  minimus 11 years ago

  Honestly, do you?? And if you do, isn't that hypocritical!👎

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  BizzyBee 11 years ago

  It would be like any expression that is not meant to be taken as literal.

  "Jesus H. Christ!" (Whereas his actual middle initial is K. For Kevin.)

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  Slidin Fast 11 years ago

  Perhaps in an ironic way.

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  OneEyedJoe 11 years ago

  I never say "god bless you" because of my jw upbringing. I do say god damnit and Jesus Christ ( or if I'm really mad, Jesus f***ing christ) a healthy amount. I don't see it as hypocritical, is just a speech pattern picked up from my environment - no different than an accent or like people in Texas that say ya'll.

  That's the same reasoning I used when I was still an indoctrinated jw to excuse saying good luck to someone.

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  poopsiecakes 11 years ago

  Sure, I do! Doesn't mean I'm calling out to any specific deity just like when I say 'what a load of shit' I'm not actually referring to a large pile of poo.

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  Hortensia 11 years ago

  I quite often say, "jesus christ!" with feeling. If the feeling is really intense, I say, "jesus f*cking christ!"

  Does that count?

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  Oubliette 11 years ago

  No, but I've started saying, "God dammit!" and "Jesus-fucking-Christ!"

  Does that count?

  Hortensia, how funny, I was typing my post before you submitted mine! ... great minds ...

  And, "No!" I am most emphatically NOT a hypocrite.

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  doofdaddy 11 years ago

  If someone sneezes near me I say God bless you AND GET A F***ING TISSUE!

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  cofty 11 years ago

  Minimus - For god's sake look up "idiom".

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  OneGenTwoGroups 11 years ago

  Idioms exist! Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!

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