To wish people would stop saying 'Jesus' all the bloody time

[Sortyourlifeout]

I can't read a thread on here without someone saying "Jesus Christ" or "Jesus wept" or similar.

I'm not a prude AT all and I have no issue with people swearing but as a Christian I find it highly offensive when people throw Jesus' name round in a negative way, without a thought for others' feelings and religions.

Most people wouldn't dream of using words that were offensive to other religions so why is it acceptable when it's 'Jesus?'.

This is a genuine message to ask people to PLEASE think before they post/speak.

Apologies for letting a J.C. slip on a goady post about Americans this evening.

Now I have some thing new to talk about with the priest at Confession 🤷‍♀️

The Irish like a good blaspheme though don’t they, even the very religious.

Exactly this!

I'm not religious in the slightest but I would never disrespect someone's personal beliefs like this. If you don't believe then that's fine but it's disgraceful to be so rude and disrespectful to someone else in the way that you have done.

It's basically medieval: "I swear on the blood of christ" French swearing is also very medieval & catholic: e.g: "tabernacle!" Mentioning these holy things was a big risk because God would strike you down for saying his name etc. out loud.
All this I learned at Catholic school and am now a "born again atheist"

I dont think many people would be so dismissive in real life of someone they are fond of. All these people saying that they will say whatever to whoever...yeah, I doubt they would say it to their nan or a close friends parents if they knew it upset them. Or their BIL/SIL if their sibling had said it upsets them. Or their employer

People are all Billy Big Bollocks on the internet but would probably temper it if they knew it upset people that were important to them.

I mean, people who profess to be Christians do things that are a lot worse under the cover and protection of their religion. I'll use whatever language I like.

Me too!

I do a fair amount of Jesusing and Christing which now I think about it is probably down to an RC upbringing.

I am sorry it bothers you OP and I wouldn’t say in a church or a Christian mingle coffee morning.. but on MN or in the rest of my life I think I have as much of a right to express myself as you have a right to moan about it, so 🤷‍♀️

There's no blasphemy any more in Ireland. We had a referendum so can say whatever the fuck we want to now.

People saying they dont believe in the 'sky fairy' etc aren't somehow saying they dont believe in just the Christian god, but all Gods.

And Ive seen people be incredibly rude to muslims on this website, including asking muslim women to leave a thread about the hijab because they didnt like what they were saying.

As for saying we are a Christian country, mumsnet is on the internet which is global so unless you think every contry is Christian then which country do you mean?

Jesus exists in Islam, Christians in arabic countries call God Allah, its all part of the same thing.

Where has OP said ‘oh my God’ on this thread? Have I missed it because I can’t see it.

Other religions believe in Jesus too. And Allah is just Arabic for God, even Christians there say Allah.
I understand you're offended, but maybe the reason they say it is because, as you say, it's historically a Christian country and because they speak English not Arabic.

Actually white women are one of the biggest groups that convert to Islam.

Isn't Jesus actually Yeshua which translates as Joshua?

This thread has bought out all the people who think they're 'clever' and 'witty'
I hope you don't raise your children like this. Being disrespectful is not nice.

OP, if I knew you I'd try not to blaspheme around you in real life because you find it offensive.

I swear regularly and by the same token, I wind in my potty mouth around people who I know that dislike swearing.

That's just being considerate though, as I would do with anyone.

However, you don't have the right to compel my speech to match your personal beliefs.

I have the right to say "Jesus", to laugh at jokes about Easter, and to say other things that you might not like. You have the right to dislike them and be offended.

That's how free speech works. And I'm delighted to be in a country where we have freedom of speech, even if I don't always agree with everything other people say.

Lol. My mum told me off for saying "Jesus Christ!" as an exclamation of surprise once, and I was so taken aback by just how cross she was that, genuinely without thinking about it, I replied "Jesus Christ, mum, calm down!"

Sorry OP but YABU. Jesus of Nazareth died ~2,000 years ago and is absolutely none the wiser if I use his name as a swear word.

You do realise that your preferred way to practise CoE Christianity is not superior to how many Irish people get on with being Catholic?

Or is it just that you want everyone to consider your feelings and it’s fine for you to imply that Irish people aren’t good Christians (like you)?

I think there are a few people with the name Jesus these days, it’s not owned by anyone.

’[Jesus’] roots lie in the name Yeshua/Y'shua, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua.’

You’ll find people really rude on here about Christianity, they wouldn’t be about any other religion. Strange when we are a Christian country.

It's not strange at all. That's precisely why they do it. If you're anti organised religion, it's only natural that your main target will be the dominant religion in your country, because that will be the one that's had most impact on your life, culture and upbringing. Why would you pick on a religion that hasn't?

I'm equally rude about all religions, if that helps

Would you prefer it if we typed it in a Spanish accent?

Like this : Jesus

Wildest claims on this thread: (1) that 'Oh my God' wasn't really a popular expression until Friends came out in the 1990s and (2) that people saying 'Jeez!' is just a coincidence and has nothing to do with Jesus

A quick advanced search shows that@Sortyourlifeout is quite happy to say For Gods sake on another thread whilst criticising people on this thread so the hypocrisy is strong in this one