If an Indian (eg) person heard someone say 'oh my Buddha' would they be offended? Do Christians, when they hear ' Christ on a bike' and 'OMG' get offended? G

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sorry if this has been ddiscussed before, Im fairly new to this particular forum.

It really bewilders me, this current saying 'Christ on a bike'. I mean, what the IS that?
You NEVER hear anyone saying 'oh my Mohammed' or 'Oh my Allah' yet its okay to say anything pertaining to God/Heaven/Christ?

anyone have an answer or am I just being pedantic?

If you're going to be pedantic...

Oh for .........Cog Im not saying all Indians are Buddists any more than any other culture are all something else, try and understand the OP question please, why should i have to explain myself? Im not being pedantic at all.

Am i not making sense? all im asking is would ANYONE of ANY other faiths get offended if their Deity or whoever or whatever they believe in was being used as an expletive.

Any clearer?

Clear yes. The answer is being offended is subjective... not generalisable :)

Thats what I meant in the fiirst place! .

English isnt my first language btw, sometimes things dont come ouyt as intended!!! (nor does my typing!)

No worries.

I'm RC and I always cringe when I see it

Buddha isn't a deity is he?

I'm Roman Catholic (a bad Catholic...) and I don't bat an eyelid.

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph" was my Grandma's epithet of choice.

I'm christian and I use christ-like exclamations myself.
if someone pulls me up on it, I jyst tell them that god/jesus is in everything I say or do and I'm asking for help more than anything
and apologize if it's offended the listener.

Not sure whether this is relevant, but we live in Malaysia. I often hear people saying Allah in an exasperated way.

I don't like it at all and I wince every time.

It's pretty de rigeur to take a pop at christianity these days, to deride it and anything to do with it. Maybe that's a swing from our days as a Christian nation and people are wanting to make their own choice - but, in the process, swinging dramatically the other way.

you are assuming that the G always stands for god. I say "oh my goodness!" so when I abbreviate it to OMG the g stands for goodness.

Seems a bit of an odd thing to get offended by really. But then I don't tend to get offended by much. Don't see the point in worrying about it.

I don't let my children (when I can hear them) use Oh my God.

I don't know whether other faiths use their deities names as swear words- does anyone else?