To not like to hear children say oh my god?

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NDN's DSs are playing outside and as usual they are directing operations within the group of kids from the street who are also out.

Several times now I've heard one or other of them say "oh my god, are you thick?" or " oh my god that was close" etc (they're playing football).

AIBU to think that using that sort of phrase age 8 isn't acceptable? I'm not religious btw.

How does it effect you if others say it? I understand as a good Christian you want to try your best to obey the 10 commandments but why get offended when others who are non believers say it?

Have to say I agree with another up thread that said that sometimes religious people expect a lot more tolerance of their beliefs than they are prepared to give atheists for theirs.

I don't know. I'm a Christian but wouldn't bang on about Mohammed because I wouldn't want offend any Muslims that were around.

"Have to say I agree with another up thread that said that sometimes religious people expect a lot more tolerance of their beliefs than they are prepared to give atheists for theirs."

but spatsky, a lot of the people who are against it are athiests who are against it on religious people's behalf for some reason!

in very religious countries every day language has many casual religious references in it

"why do we need to respect someone else's belief? They probably don't respect mine."

Actually we may well respect your belief. Not all Christians are homophobic fundamentalists etc. Respect does not equal agreement in any case. It's about tolerance and consideration. Why use religious blasphemy in any case if the very words are meaningless to you? Why not choose to say something you mean?

I dont like it either-mind I'm not much of a one for any sort of swearing however mild though I do use lots of made up exclamations [nearly said ejaculations there ]

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Maybe they do mean it

Maybe saying 'oh my god' is their way of saying, I just don't believe this, or what a pile of shit!

Still doesn't answer why it's blasphemy. Even the Christians can't come up with anything better than historical reasons - no specifics.

There was an interview on R4 the other day with some religious woman (something to do with the queen's dozens of chapels). The interviewer said 'God' and 'oh my goodness'. The interviewee didn't get all huffy.

I try not to use it, and would correct my daughter if she said it as wouldn't want to offend anyone. In my family we were told not to say it when we were kids and my dad was oft heard saying "Jeez" or "Gee-whizz" instead of "Jesus Christ" I guess! I tend to just make up my own "swear" words, "figgety fig" is my current favourite and is useful when driving with daughter in back and some loon does something dangerous!

Bothers me. People saying "Jesus Christ" REALLY bothers me though. Of any age.

Round here they all say 'Oh my days' although a couple of days ago there were some kids in the local playground, all aged around 10 - one of whom was standing on top of the climbing frame shouting, 'Fuck off you cunt' at another kid. Nobody seemed to be taking it as an insult.

"Oh my gosh" means "Oh my god."

It's the same meaning.

So what is less offensive about it?

Both myself and DS say 'oh my gosh'. I don't really see how it's the same crunchy, surely it's not offensive as the word God isn't used?

Gosh

It came about as blasphemy-lite. Other words popular at the time referred to religion also - "bloody" refers to the blood of Jesus, "Zounds" was a contraction of "God's Wounds," that style o'fing.

Hi there, to the poster who asked, it?s blasphemy to Christians because we are specifically commanded in the Bible not to take the Lord?s name in vain. It?s one of the Ten Commandments ? basically because He is a Holy God, it is an offense to misuse His name.

As a Christian, blasphemy bothers me a lot more than the F-word, not because it harms me but because I believe that it is a great offense to God.

If didn?t find blasphemy offensive and if I ever do find myself becoming more relaxed about it, then I ought to be very worried about my faith. How can I claim to worship a God if it doesn?t bother me to hear His name abused?

I don?t think as a Christian you can ask somebody to stop doing it simply because it offends you ? when we do that,we are in danger of making the issue all about ourselves, and Christianity is about being God-centred, not self-centred. If you?re going to take issue with somebody for doing it (and I wish I was more bold about doing this!) you have to explain why.

but what IS using the lord's name in vein is subjective
IMO Jesus f*ing Christ is
Jesus Christ - exclaimed by someone who just got a fright is not, its a sort of casual prayer, people also bless themselves when they are scared, its the same, you don't just mention god in mass if you are a christian

saying it has never particularly bothered me, however my daughter always picks me up on it when i say it, as a result i have to say oh my goodness. i find it kind of sweet of her but also a little annoying at times, im also 'told off' for using jesus christ and not saying bless you after sneezing, although im placing all blame on her catholic school.

Doesn't bother me....and being Scottish if I tried to make kids say "gosh" or "goodness" we (with our accents) would sound very silly and twee. So we will stick to god.

I don't think Oh My God sounds very nice coming from children and am aware that for many it shows a lack of respect for their faith, so tend to go down the gosh or goodness route. I work in a school and it is not acceptable to say it there, so I am totally not in the habit of saying it at all.

Why IS it taking the Lord's name in vain? What does it mean? 'in vain' would be 'needless, hopeless'. Any other meaning on this context? It's kind of pathetic, anyway.

NotGeoffVader - kids eh!! Gotta love 'em!

We've got our priorities all wrong :)

Indeed, cureall!

Just to add my two penn'orth to the mix/debate/argument here - I was raised christian, became a bit of a happy clapper and then got disillusioned with the church and circle of people it attracted.

I'm now a pagan and happy in the beliefs I have which are mainly to do with tolerance, respect and positivity. I have friends who are catholics, muslims, hindus, jews, agnostics, atheists, and christians. We don't argue about faith, we agree that faith is important, but accept that whilst different people believe different things, ultimately all faiths require compassion, consideration and tolerance. I would not tell any of my friends that they are wrong and I am right. Similarly, neither would they.

My problem lies with organised religion and those who uphold their own beliefs to the extent that they wish to condemn or convert others that do not agree with them.

oh my god it never occured to me that we shouldn't say oh my god because its sort of a swear word. I'm not religious and never swear in front of the children but we all say oh my god. I hate the expression 'oh my days'. What does it even mean?

I don't like it & it's not a phrase we use so I was surprised when our 4 year old started saying it all the time. I couldn't figure out where she got it from until I watched Trolls & one of them says it. I've told her to say oh my goodness.