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u/GylesNoDrama ☑️ 2d ago
I also grew up thinking this until I got older and realised white people used God’s name to convince themselves they are the main character and as such they’re allowed to enslave, exploit, rape, pillage and genocide the rest of the world.
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u/stillestwaters 2d ago
That’s pretty interesting, I never thought much of it - but yeah surely “in vain” goes much further than just repeating the words without any purpose.
I always thought it was just another curse words, just one for Christians.
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u/Purple-Quail3319 2d ago
If people widely believed it was the latter religious leaders would have a much harder time
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u/stillestwaters 2d ago
lol I don’t mean just saying ‘God’, I mean saying it in a way that doesn’t have a religious connotation. Saying “Oh my God” was like “Shut up” level in my house, weren’t supposed to say it.
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u/Prestigious-Mud 2d ago
Everybody I knew told me it was going Jesus Christ or Goddamn. Fucking wool over the eyes.
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u/banjofitzgerald 2d ago
That’s kinda the problem. Religion is based on interpretation of the Bible but taken as if it were the teachings from thousands of years ago.
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u/darkwulf1 2d ago
In fairness, the people who were claiming one were the ones doing the other.
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u/PM_Me_Your_Clones 2d ago
This is the reason why they don't actually teach what it means. As the story goes "The call is coming from inside the house".
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u/CounterfeitChild 1d ago
You can't tell people this, either. I had a lady commission something from me, tried to tell me not to "say god's name in vain," and wouldn't accept it when I gave her multiple texts showing what it actually means to do so. I'm atheist via apostasy, and one of the things I do not miss about religious conversations is the absolute inability to accept anything that doesn't confirm their preheld beliefs. I'm fine to admit when I'm wrong because it means I learned something. They often won't because they grew up viewing challenges to their beliefs as this innately horrible thing they simply cannot entertain.
I am not speaking every religious person, but gods damn, a lot.
Most people who profess to be Christian do take their god's name in vain every day. Every. Day. Because they refuse to learn what it actually means, and their leaders refuse to either learn or teach it, and they violate the tenets of their belief system everywhere they go. It's a huge reason people take religious beliefs seriously less and less as time goes on. If you can't admit you're wrong when you're patently wrong then you just come off looking childish and silly. There are so many wonderful religious people out there, but not the ones who pull this crap.
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u/Willing_Purple9390 2d ago
Why don’t millions start saying “Oh my Anna” or “Oh my George”, etc. Why should we invoke the name of God if we are not allowing Him into our situation???? In other words, leave God out of your profanity, jokes, snide insults, etc. GOD IS REAL, and should not be used like an old dish rag.
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u/curiousiguess1234 ☑️ 2d ago
You are doing the exact same thing, invoking God when you're really talking about petty human shit. Quit tryna speak for God and let God speak for itself.
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u/throwawaygoodcoffee 2d ago
400 years of chattel slavery and he doesn't blink once, but someone saying "oh my god" gets him fuming. Fucked up priorities if you ask me.
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u/CornCobMcGee 2d ago
Not only that, but they were pointing to the Bible as the justification the whole damn time.
"It's fine, God says we can use these black folk instead of inventing tractors"
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u/EmperorBamboozler 2d ago
Oh for sucks sake I can't believe I just found this out like 18 years after leaving organized religion.