Religious Curses and Sayings - Do you use them?

[Eilonnwy]

There's no doubt that practically everywhere you go there are mentions of God. From "God Bless You" when you sneeze to saying "Goddamit" when you bang your knee. I was raised Catholic so I have a tendency to say these things.

I've actually stopped saying "God Bless You" or "Bless you" when people sneeze. However when I'm angry I still can't seem to stop cursing with "Goddamnit" or "Jesus Christ!" in same way I would use any other curse word that's not religious. Similarly, I tend to say "Thank God!" when I'm happy about something. It's something that's been so ingrained in my upbringing. They were swears my parents used so of course I began to use them. I've never been able to stop myself. I wish I would, but habits so deeply ingrained are really hard to abandon.

I guess the sneeze thing was easy for me because I always thought it was kind of silly to say after a normal bodily function and similarly I tend to be a quiet person and I don't like speaking when I'm in certain moods especially to strangers. So I just ignore it. When someone says it me after I sneeze I tend to say nothing. I don't feel obligated to thank someone for blessing me. Maybe it's impolite, but it's my silent objection to God being so prevalent in the world and ignoring the reality that not everyone believes in God. (I know there's "In God We Trust" on money, unfortunately I can't boycott money...*sigh*)

What are your views on sayings like these? Did you use them and abandon them? Do you still use them out of habit? Do you think worrying about sayins like these are trivial and don't really matter in the grand scheme of things?