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Religion and language
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Religion and language
January 30, 2015 at 9:06 am (This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 9:06 am by Norman Humann.)
Apologies if this has already been done.

Religion has in many ways influenced the language, with phrases like "God forbid", "Thank God", "Good Lord" or a personal ironic favorite of mine, "Holy shit".

Atheists: Do you work around those phrases or do you say them anyway?
Theists: Do you think that falls under taking your lord's name in vain?
Non-native English speakers: Is your language similarly influenced by religion?

Personally I find saying these things awkward, so I try to work around them. There are multiple similar phrases like that in Polish, which I also avoid.
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Religion and language - by Norman Humann - January 30, 2015 at 9:06 am
RE: Religion and language - by FatAndFaithless - January 30, 2015 at 9:16 am
RE: Religion and language - by Norman Humann - January 30, 2015 at 9:44 am
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 9:47 am
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 9:50 am
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 9:54 am
RE: Religion and language - by JonDarbyXIII - January 30, 2015 at 10:00 am
RE: Religion and language - by Nope - January 30, 2015 at 10:50 am
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 10:01 am
RE: Religion and language - by pocaracas - January 30, 2015 at 10:13 am
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 10:17 am
RE: Religion and language - by Faith No More - January 30, 2015 at 10:31 am
RE: Religion and language - by Tonus - January 30, 2015 at 10:36 am
RE: Religion and language - by Jenny A - January 30, 2015 at 1:09 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 2:16 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Faith No More - January 30, 2015 at 2:48 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Faith No More - January 30, 2015 at 3:34 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 3:55 pm
RE: Religion and language - by abaris - January 30, 2015 at 8:11 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Jenny A - January 30, 2015 at 2:56 pm
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 2:20 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 2:22 pm
RE: Religion and language - by abaris - January 30, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: Religion and language - by robvalue - January 30, 2015 at 2:25 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Religion and language - by AFTT47 - January 30, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Faith No More - January 30, 2015 at 4:10 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Strider - January 30, 2015 at 4:21 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 4:20 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Faith No More - January 30, 2015 at 5:09 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 4:24 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Minimalist - January 30, 2015 at 4:30 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Norman Humann - January 30, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Tonus - January 30, 2015 at 4:36 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Alex K - January 30, 2015 at 4:37 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Dystopia - January 30, 2015 at 5:24 pm
RE: Religion and language - by Kitty Galore - January 30, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Religion and language - by JonDarbyXIII - February 2, 2015 at 10:05 am

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