Atheist peoplez

If you don't believe in God, why would you use his name in vain??

If you *don't* believe in God, then it's *not* considered using his name in vain to THAT person. Easy.

It's just a saying to me, I say God Damn or Good God etc. To me it's nothing more than a saying.

I say the word devil, santa clause, easter bunny, leprechaun also, but I dont believe in them either.

anything, something as simple as Oh my God

~I'm not atheist~ but in general, it's just a phrase. people say a lot of things that they don't think through the meaning of it. it is just another one of the things people say when they get mad/frustrated.

thedude - thank you, you explained it way better than I did.

that's like saying you're stupid just for the hell of it. Some people do get offended by it, even if you don't mean it.

People get offened when you curse also, but a lot of people curse.

I get offended when people say they will pray for me, when they say God Bless You when I sneeze, or when people tell me I need to find God. I dont complain about it though - I just ignore them.

because we do im Athesit and you don believe in something to say it I dont beileve in santa but my brothers do so I say hes real

Yeah I realized was doing this I started saying oh my GOSH I just replace god with gosh and it works pretty good I was questioning my friend about this he was saying thank god and all this stuff and he told me before he doesn't believe in god.

***Some people do get offended by it...***

That's THEIR problem. Using slang, and profane language, is not forbidden for anyone. Some christians may think otherwise, but that's because they don't really know what 'taking the Lord's name in vain' actually means.

Its just a common saying in our culture. I agree with thedude.

Words are only words. Why are you only asking atheist? Wouldn't it be worse for someone that does believe in God to take his or jesus's name in vain?

I know, I think it's wrong for people who believe in him, but I'm just confused. if you don't believe in him, why do you talk about him? saying Oh my God is talking about him.

Why do people who DO believe in God use his name in vain? Wouldn't it be worse to believe in something use their name in vain? really it's not in vain for people who don't believe in him(as thedude stated). really it's not talking about him, it's calling to him.
the reason, for me, is the fact that it becomes a bad habbit. Every day, atleast once, I hear, omg! omg. I eventualy started saying it unaware that I picked up the habbit. But I'm getting out og it, not because I'm afraid of offending people, not that I try to, but it's slang I dislike using slang.

lmfatfho
no, is doesn't
or Oh my Goddess
That 1 is annoying, doesn't have the right ring to it.
Oh, here's a question, how do you know they're putting the christain god's name in vain? They could be meaning something else.

I know, I'm just asking, for any God, still, why would they do it? it's really rude and disrespectful whether they think that or not.

thedude is right
I dont beleive in god
so anything I say with his name means nothing to me
its not disrespectful because were not telling it to religiouse people
its just like a swear word or a saying
it only becomes disrespectful when religiouse people dont accept other peoples beleifs
saying things like your going to hell, god bless, I hope you make the right choice, ect
is considered very rude and offensive to many athiests
but only because the people saying it dont respect there religion or lack of
saying something like god damn, oh my god, jesus christ ect...isnt actually referrring to these things personally
because they dont beleive in it
its just another saying you can use to describe something happening and how your feeling

swearing sounds childish. I respect others beliefs, I don't say anything that would hurt them just cause of their beliefs. this seems to have been a bad question if people are being offended by it. I didn't mean for it to happen like that. Saying God's name in vain can offened many people. there are better choices of words, maybe even Oh My Gosh!!! That works, right? it's less offending and more respectful, and for the swearing, it makes you look stupid. it doesn't mean you are, but if you can't find better things to say (cause there are).

swearing sounds childish. I respect others beliefs, I don't say anything that would hurt them just cause of their beliefs. this seems to have been a bad question if people are being offended by it. I didn't mean for it to happen like that. Saying God's name in vain can offened many people. there are better choices of words, maybe even Oh My Gosh!!! That works, right? it's less offending and more respectful, and for the swearing, it makes you look stupid. it doesn't mean you are, but if you can't find better things to say (cause there are).

Everyone uses the language of the society they find themselves in - including exclamatory expressions - even if they have religious overtones.

Do you find that surprising?

***swearing sounds childish.***

Funny. You say its childish; but for the most part, adults tend to forbid children from saying such things. And the children often learn profane terms from ADULTS anyway.

***there are better choices of words, maybe even Oh My Gosh!!! That works, right? it's less offending and more respectful, and for the swearing, it makes you look stupid.***

If you are an atheist, why would it be more respectful? You don't believe in God, so obviously you don't use it to be disrespectful or to offend people?