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Post by Armand Tanzarian on Mar 30, 2009 3:27:33 GMT -5
Just the words, mind you. I thought I'd try and replace the common terms "Oh My God" and "Jesus!" with something more... suited to my beliefs. So...
Replace all mention of God and Jesus with Carlin, and Jesus Christ with George Carlin. I.e. "Oh my Carlin", and "George Carlin in Hell". Who knows? It might catch on.
Yeah, I do say "Oh Carlin in Hell" a lot now.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Mar 30, 2009 3:30:36 GMT -5
I got nothing against using "Jesus dogfucking Christ" or something along those lines at opportune moments.
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Post by Green-Eyed Lilo on Mar 30, 2009 6:32:40 GMT -5
Because I am Pagan and polytheist, I say "Oh my Gods" a lot. Tends to make people sort of doubt what they heard.
My ex-boyfriend, who's Wiccan and taught me a few things about that faith, once told me he knew I was really becoming Pagan when I started calling on various Greek Gods' names in bed.
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Post by Oriet on Mar 30, 2009 6:53:20 GMT -5
Well, I'm atheist, but I do actually say "gods" a bit. Yes, in plural. The "s" on the end makes it flow better I feel. I've also been known to use Primus or Unicron (or more, Unicrons body parts, like: "Unicron's codpiece, that's fucked up") occasionally, but a lot of my friends write Transformers fanfic (yes, even smut; yes, they're aware of how ridiculous it can be, and no, it's not like how mammals reproduce), and so I hear the names from time to time. At times I've thought of using the names of other gods (from actual religions or not doesn't matter), but I never remember when I'd need it.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 30, 2009 8:17:27 GMT -5
I say "God" a lot simply because of the family I grew up in. Then again, since I've been told my most common, goddammit, is actually offensive to Christians these days (apparently I'm bossing God around or something?), I don't feel much need to change.
I used to swear to my ex. Seems tasteless now though.
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 30, 2009 8:21:21 GMT -5
At work I keep sating "For the love of your God", so far no one has said anything.
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Post by Star Cluster on Mar 30, 2009 9:05:58 GMT -5
After 40 some years of using God as a form of swearing, it is difficult to change. I still use phrases such as "Oh, for God's sake" and " For the love of God" when I hear something really stupid. It's just habit and hard to break. But I am aware that I do it and have been searching for some other phrase to use, but I haven't come up with any good ones yet. Or at least, haven't gotten to the point they sound spontaneous enough.
I will probably continue to use phrases like "goddamn it" or Jesus. H. fucking Christ' because it is considered cursing the Christian gods and pisses off the Christians so much.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Mar 30, 2009 11:43:02 GMT -5
I've grown quite fond of "Oh gods" and "ungoddammit/ungoddamned" in English. I used to say the Spanish equivalent of Oh God a lot, but stopped for some reason (conscious choice had a bit, but not much, to do with it)
And "holy Ra and "holy mother of Osiris" are good, but I don't get many chances to use them.
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Post by Vene on Mar 30, 2009 11:48:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I do say "Oh Carlin in Hell" a lot now. I like it. I don't really say stuff like "Oh God" or "Jesus Christ!" or "God dammit" that often. I have been saying it more than I used to though because one of my closer friends used those types of phrases on a regular basis and I tend to pick up my friend's mannerisms. |
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Post by Moon Wolfhowl on Mar 30, 2009 13:32:24 GMT -5
I've said a few different things before. Just last night in a chat i said "what in the name of dongs???", but my usual thing is to just go with what the culture taught me and say jesus and god. I never capitalize "god" though, unless actually talking about the Christian deity. I don't really care about swearing unless I'm around people that don't like swearing, so I'm more likely to just shout "what the fuck!?" or "shiiiiit!"
I've been thinking of trying to modify my mannerisms to say stuff like "by the red beard of thor", or "for the love of all", or "sod it".
Maybe even "hallowed are the Ori", if I'm feeling especially nerdy...
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Post by Sandafluffoid on Mar 30, 2009 13:32:55 GMT -5
I tend to replace it with profanities or I fuck up the syntax, things like "for the love of buggery" and "For the shitting sakeshit of sakery!"
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 30, 2009 13:34:07 GMT -5
How about what they did in South Park?
"Oh my Science!"
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Post by alwimo on Mar 30, 2009 17:54:03 GMT -5
My ex-boyfriend, who's Wiccan and taught me a few things about that faith, once told me he knew I was really becoming Pagan when I started calling on various Greek Gods' names in bed. That post = 10/10.  |
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Post by The Lazy One on Mar 30, 2009 18:11:45 GMT -5
I just use "Oh my God!" or "Goddammit!" Old habits are hard to break.
Now, my friend, on the other hand, is an atheist, but is also very interested in demonology, so she tends to yell things like "Oh my Beelzebub!" and "For Naamah's sake!" It's sparked some very interesting conversations, and freaked out more than a few people.
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Post by SimSim on Mar 30, 2009 18:13:55 GMT -5
The only thing I say Jesus or god related is jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. Just because the imagery of that cracks me up.
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