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taking the lord's name in vain
Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 5:28 am
I never talk to myself but that's only because I don't speak turtle.
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#32
RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 5:38 am
(February 5, 2016 at 1:44 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: Now this one might be fun.  Swearing!  I've been known to say that, as an atheist, I need new swear words.  "God damn it!" and "Jesus Freaking Christ on a Cracker!" seems to indicate to my religious friends that I still believe and that I'm just a reprobate.   Tongue  But I just read a great response from mh.brewer that basically said that swearing did not indicate any deep-seated belief in a deity.  Inspiring!  Let's open that one up to debate!   

Do you feel odd using "god-terms" when you swear?  
And / or . . . what are your most favorite profanities?
My vocabulary needs some improvement! Big Grin

My favorites --

"Christ on a pony!"
"I don't give a good goddamn."
"Jesus Christ and General Jackson!"
"Bleeding Christ."

A lot of folks don't realize that "bloody" (which I use on occasion) is also a sort of blasphemy in itself ... it refers to the blood allegedly shed by Christ on the cross.

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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 5:41 am
I thought "Bloody" was about Mary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJdFch37WU
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 5:42 am
I wonder if CL swears "God, I queef in your general direction" hehehe luv ya CL...
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 5:55 am
I don't have a problem with using religious nomenclature, when swearing. That's because:

1. I was raised catholic, so the Jeezles sh*t has been permanently burned into my psyche. Disrespecting and ridiculing it momentarily gives me comfort. It's like scratching a scar.

2. It pisses off dumb people no end, because they think words are magic.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 6:25 am
Hey Nutter, they think if you fart in a certain harmonic frequency, you'll inadvertently summon Golgothan, the "shit demon" ...true story.
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 11:30 am
I like "Jesus wept on my freshly dug grave". Got that one from my old man.
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 6, 2016 at 12:02 pm
You guys are a lot of fun.
I like Thump's "Christ on a pony!"  
And the Stephen Fry video Evie shared!
Jeebus jumped up jelly beans, they're all fun.  Even Little Rik's Chamomile tea . . . maybe we needed a moment of balance.   Ooooommmmm . . . .
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 12, 2016 at 11:31 am
By the double-barrelled jumpin' jiminetty!  Here's another fun list of swear words: [url= http://mentalfloss.com/article/49652/10-...our-cussin[/url]      I like #'s 4, 9, & 10 the best.
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RE: taking the lord's name in vain
February 12, 2016 at 11:38 am
How have I only seen this thread for the first time. Swearing is fan-cunting-tastic, mythical being or no.

You just need to be creative.
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