Is OMG or Oh My God considered swearing (or cursing)?

[Anonymous]

Not to me. But I curse like a sailor.

[Anonymous]

OMG!!! This thread is like five years old !!!!! Da fuq?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no clue that people were so sensitive.

It's their fricking religion, ya dingdong
It's against one of the 10 Commandments...some people take that very seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't like it and I don't use it but I am not really offended by it. What I do find offensive is when people use Jesus Christ or Jesus F'ing Christ as swear / curse words.

I don’t find it offensive and I don’t consider it cussing but it is taking the Lords name in vain. The bolded really gets under my skin and truest b

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't like it and I don't use it but I am not really offended by it. What I do find offensive is when people use Jesus Christ or Jesus F'ing Christ as swear / curse words.

I don’t find it offensive and I don’t consider it cussing but it is taking the Lords name in vain. The bolded really gets under my skin and truely bothers me

Edited because fat, drunk, turkey fingers pressed submit!

[Anonymous]

I try to say oh my goodness. I was taught, like many others out here, that saying God is taking the lord's name in vain.

[Anonymous]

My mother wouldn’t permit me to say “gosh” because she considered it as also “taking the lord’s name in vain”.

[Anonymous]

I taught my kids to say da fuk instead of hurrah. As in the ants go marching one by one da fuk da fuk ...

[Anonymous]

Oops it’s da faq

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't mind f*ck, sh*t, damn, etc. at all.

OK, here's a question (not just the for the PP, but lots of others as well).

Why on earth do you write f*ck and sh*t? Why not just write it out? Is it some sort of unreasoning prejudice against vowels?

It just makes no sense to me. You know what you're saying, everyone else knows what you're saying, your meaning is crystal clear. Do you really think it makes you more pure, or polite, or whatever? Is it a fear that the spyware on your company's computer will pick up on the word and nail you? Our computer overlords will not approve? What is it?

It's particularly hilarious when this fig leaf is used by someone who professes to not mind cursing at all.

Hahahaha!!!! Funny...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is considered impolite because to some people, it is taking the lord's name in vain (not to me, BTW).

I teach my kids to say O my Gosh and ask their teachers to, as well, when necessary.

I'm trying stop both myself and my kids from saying oh my god as I hear some people are offended.
I actually got a bit lectured by a Mormon dad (gently, he was telling me how disturbing it was for him to hear others say it and he tells his kids it's terrible) which I took as a tell your kid not to say it around my kid.

[Anonymous]

Its a good way to know who is a tolerant open minded person and who has bigoted views. Someone says f'ing Muslims or Jesus f'ing Christ...tells me all I need to know. Not someone who respects people from other religions.

I am not a fan of people who swear a lot, but I would rather they swear than curse other religions and deities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For Jews, is the reason you spell G-d a sign of respect? I've always wondered about that.

The name of the deity, in Hebrew, is extremely sacred and not used except in a liturgical context (it is written or said as “Hashem,” which means “The Name,” instead of the sounds that correspond to the name of the deity). Many American Jews have transported this to English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God is not god's name so no.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

This topic always reminds me of my grandfather yelling "Jesus, Mary, Joseph, what'd do with my goddamned cigarettes!!" My family is from working class (white) Irish Philly. I grew up in working class New England mill towns. I never knew that "taking the name of the lord in vain" was a thing until I moved to a Black neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.