Murrmurr
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Good point. Although, I might say "God-damn hammer!" if it deserves it.
Do you ever wonder why people only use Jesus' name in vain?
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Olivia
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My dad is (was) Japanese and did not use expletives, l think using Jesus as an expletive is because of "geeeze", l don't use either, but l will apologize to furniture if l hit and hurt myself.
I really only curse when I'm driving and someone in another car does something stupid. I never say Jesus' name in vain. I just say "f***ing IDIOT".
I attended a very strict Church of Christ as a teenager and when Frankie Valli's Swearin' to God was released they said it was a sin to listen to it. I used to cringe when I heard it on the radio. Thanks to de-programming I'm no longer religious.
I attended a very strict Church of Christ as a teenager and when Frankie Valli's Swearin' to God was released they said it was a sin to listen to it. I used to cringe when I heard it on the radio. Thanks to de-programming I'm no longer religious.
Murrmurr
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Actually, I think geeze is a foreshortening of Jesus.
Paco Dennis
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That is an interesting way to handle anger. Say thank you to the object of your ire.
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How did that record make the charts!?
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Using the word Jesus is in a way an acknowledgment of our origin
papa tiger
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Most likely help someone in need and you fix 2 problems is a no brainer.
Trying to be some kind of a judge of how our others die is a waste of time.
Trying to be some kind of a judge of how our others die is a waste of time.
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I must admit I have never heard this record by the Four Seasons. It's quite catchy tune.
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David777
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This is basic psychology 101 per Pavlov's dog etc.
A brain neural plasticity developed habit by repetitive reaction to negative emotional situations probably started while growing up listening to adults and peers that do so. The mental source of one's religious god provides a ready internal emotional brain foundation for abuse. Given choice, I refuse to be around others that swear so and am not afraid to let them know it.
To change such developed emotional behaviors requires a personal reason to want to stop doing so. If supposedly religious parents are always swearing, neither will their children unless someone like say their pastor intervenes and makes them understand why making them feel guilty. Some non religious person may have no such reason to do so nor pressure from other peers to not do so. I found those in the military very foul mouthed from A to Z !@#$. My parents thankfully never swore.
Suspect Romans blurted out swearing like !@#$ Zeus... so humanly, it is not Christian based.
What Using God's Name In Vain Means (3 Surprising Examples)
Exodus 20:7
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.”
A brain neural plasticity developed habit by repetitive reaction to negative emotional situations probably started while growing up listening to adults and peers that do so. The mental source of one's religious god provides a ready internal emotional brain foundation for abuse. Given choice, I refuse to be around others that swear so and am not afraid to let them know it.
To change such developed emotional behaviors requires a personal reason to want to stop doing so. If supposedly religious parents are always swearing, neither will their children unless someone like say their pastor intervenes and makes them understand why making them feel guilty. Some non religious person may have no such reason to do so nor pressure from other peers to not do so. I found those in the military very foul mouthed from A to Z !@#$. My parents thankfully never swore.
Suspect Romans blurted out swearing like !@#$ Zeus... so humanly, it is not Christian based.
What Using God's Name In Vain Means (3 Surprising Examples)
Exodus 20:7
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.”
I sometimes say, "Jesus Christ!" or "Jesus H. Christ!" although I don't know what his middle name was.
I think their hit song, "Big Goys Don't Cry" was more popular.
Jesus was against swearing of any kind and suggested we just say no. Whether we're saying God's name in anger or because we just like to say OMG a hundred times a day like teenage girls do, it's still "in vain" -- useless, frivolous and just the opposite of how God would like us to say his name, which is with reverence and awe.
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Unfortunately we say a lot more than "no" or "yes" and complicate our situations. What if I have no belief in a God? I can't imagine any specific entity that is a supreme being that created existence. So how can it be that saying words from a book be wrong behavior? It might be wrong for those who believe in a creator God, but how could it be for those who don't?
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In other religions that people faithfully follow their supreme creator has a different name than "Jesus". We never yell those names, and they represent our origin? What has made this one saying so explosive and others benign?
Well of course it's not wrong if you're a non-believer. I've been assuming the question was being asked of believers.
No one expects atheists or people of other than Judeo-Christian belief to keep the Ten Commandments. For you there's only the reason I gave my son about saying the f-word, it's often offensive to others. It becomes a matter of good manners.
JustDave
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How could you not love such a good boy?
True, but if he was such a good boy why he should be stirring up the elders already?
Because he was a good boy. Good boys do that. Boys will be boys.
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There are so many euphemisms for God and or Jesus, it's surprising when you think about it-
Gosh, golly, my goodness, goodness gracious, gee, gee whiz, jeepers, jakers, jeeze, goldurn, godang, criminy, jumping jiminy, cheese 'n rice, dagnabit, by gum, cripes for a few examples.
Gosh, golly, my goodness, goodness gracious, gee, gee whiz, jeepers, jakers, jeeze, goldurn, godang, criminy, jumping jiminy, cheese 'n rice, dagnabit, by gum, cripes for a few examples.
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Kinda off topic, but here I go. (1) Your inability to imagine God does not mean he/she doesn't exist. I can't imagine how a radio works, but there it is. (2) Using God's name in vain is just 1 of the 10 commandments. Do you also disavow the other 9, such as "shall not kill"? Is it okay to kill since you can't imagine God? (3) Your disbelief does not exempt you from the consequences of your own behavior.
Happy Thanksgiving, a few days early
That's true.
Are you talking about J. Hubbard. Christ?
Aw yeah, that's him!