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Permalink Reply by Jason on December 30, 2010 at 10:58am

I know there is nothing wrong with liking old style bluegrass….. But a lot of bluegrass is Christian bluegrass… and I like listening to it. That’s pretty bad hum?

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Permalink Reply by Venus Lovejam on December 30, 2010 at 5:27pm

Listening to Mahalia Jackson because of her voice. I don't get sucked into the christian meaning though.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 11:18pm

Once in a while I pay 10$ to go see exorcism/ghosts/werewolves/superheroes at the movies :(

But I'll confess, every year they become less and less funny.

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Permalink Reply by Spencer on March 5, 2011 at 11:52pm

I used to exclaim 'Christ in a handbasket' constantly, although that was less a religious statement than just a quote from Bill in Left 4 Dead. I have since switched to 'By the hammer of Thor!' or 'By Odin's beard!' to confuse theists. I should begin using FSM references as well.

 

Sometimes I say 'damn' but never 'god damn'.

 

On the other hand, if someone sneezes, I say nothing, or occasionally 'May probability adhering to a scientifically predictable cycle prevent your natural selection by disease' if I can get it in quickly enough.

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Permalink Reply by cycloneman on March 6, 2011 at 10:43am

I have started saying, "Thor Dammit", since no one cares when you say any of the other thousands of gods from the past. You could substitute any others...use the Godchecker:

http://www.godchecker.com/

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Permalink Reply by cycloneman on March 6, 2011 at 11:22am

And I also use "Cheese and Rice!" as a substitute for "Jesus Christ!", not to use a polite euphemism instead of blaspheming, but because I enjoy the cheesy (pun intended) bastardization of the invective.

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Permalink Reply by Will H on March 6, 2011 at 1:34pm

well you saying have a blessed day is not helping

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Permalink Reply by Aimee Eisiminger on March 6, 2011 at 2:46pm

Why does this site keep loading and loading and loading...okay sorry.

My sin is that I speak the word god in many places like when in the throes of...well...blushing...okay and then goddammit of course. That one got me into trouble with one of my godly friends and she immediately jumped on me and I told her it was a habit and I took it one step further and mentioned that atheists often invoked the gods when having sex. I didn't mean to upset her but it was kind of fun to see the look on her face.

I don't think I have many other "sins" with regard to atheism, but I will now keep an eye on it.

Thanks for the post and don't worry about those folks who get a little upset they need to relax a little dont ya think?

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Permalink Reply by Ethan Levy on March 6, 2011 at 3:22pm

i replaced "oh god" to "oh f**k"

& started using "Jupiter's c*ck" from spartacus to say "god dammit" 

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Permalink Reply by Caleb Jordan on March 6, 2011 at 3:52pm

I sometimes use the expressions "God only knows" or "Bless you" or Goddamnit" and I don't feel badly about it. They are just expressions. Hardly something to be taken literally.

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Permalink Reply by Reggie on March 6, 2011 at 6:12pm

Ha!  You are a very efficient blasphemer!

 

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 6, 2011 at 6:22pm

Exactly! the point of blaspheming is taking something we honour and using it wrongly.

So for atheists, blaspheming would probably need to be something related to Hawkins (fukin' Hawkins!) or Dawkins or Susuki (Holy Susuki!) or Sagan (hangin' Sagan!).

Or instead of sacred atheists, maybe sacred atheist items or concepts: evolution (Hawkins evolution!) or DNA (DNA it!) or Big Bang!

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