Phrases that would not be possible without christianity
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Kendra Bancroft
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11-03-2005 12:18
From: Roland Hauptmann *chuckles*
Would you be offended if someone said, "Fluffy Magic Bunnies bless America"? No. Because they do.  |
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Roland Hauptmann
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11-03-2005 12:20
Does God bless the bunnies?
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Ananda Sandgrain
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11-03-2005 12:21
I count 5 candidates so far. Concur?
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JackBurton Faulkland
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11-03-2005 12:22
Get yer own cave to play in! GRRR!
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Ghoti Nyak
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11-03-2005 12:37
"Jumpin' Jesus on a pogostick!"
"In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost"
-Ghoti
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Chance Abattoir
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Now that all the obvious ones are taken...
11-03-2005 12:43
"Epiphany."
And if we weren't restricted to Christianity, I'd add "babble."
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Surreal Farber
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11-03-2005 12:47
Hate to break an amusing thread with some scholarship.... Christianity was very derivative...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(goddess)
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Chance Abattoir
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11-03-2005 13:10
Not a phrase, really, but if there was no Christianity then the character "Christof" in the Truman Show wouldn't have been created (and maybe not even the movie itself since it is somewhat of a religious allegory).
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Jake Reitveld
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11-03-2005 14:10
jesus H fucking christ
chirst on a crutch
by the throat of god
god's balls!
Jesus mary and joseph
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Chance Abattoir
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11-03-2005 15:46
"I, George Walker Bush, am pleased to accept the presidency." Sorry, had to. 
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Memory Harker
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11-03-2005 22:08
GADZOOKS! "God's hooks" ... referring not to fishing tools but to the nails binding Jesus to the cross --- although the whole fish-hook thing was wonderfully imagined in Howard Waldrop's short story "God's Hooks," a riff on Isaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, in which Waldrop story Mr. Walton goes fishing for Leviathan ...
ZOUNDS! "God's wounds" ... and, again, see the whole mythos of Christ and his crucifixion ...
CRIMINY! A euphemism for "Christ!"
CRIPES! Another euphemism for "Christ!"
BLIMEY! Chiefly Brit. A contraction of "God blind me!"
There's a whole lot more, of course, but it's late, so let's end this post with ...
GOODBYE! "God be w' ye!"
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Torley Linden
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11-03-2005 22:14
"Oh Jesus!"
"Oh my God!"
Memory I didn't know any of that before. That was educational. |
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Memory Harker
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And ...
11-06-2005 00:10
Something my dear, departed grandfather used to say --- without any irony at all: JUMPIN' JEHOSOPHAT! I mean, "Jehosophat," that's gotta be biblical, right? |
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Chip Midnight
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11-06-2005 00:34
From: Judge Mousehold I know I'm just a stupid noob and I have no right to comment on anything in these forums, but here goes anyway. Okay, I am not the least bit religious. I don't like how many people/groups use religion to justify their own misguided agenda. However, I would like to know what exactly is so offensive about the words "god bless america?" Is it really such a repulsive thing to hear, read, or say? Yes, it is incredibly offensive. For starters, it's a purely monotheistic saying. What about polytheists? Atheists? It's a fine example of bigotry, and an assumption by monotheists that the country belongs to them and the rest of us are just second class citizens. Look at it another way... what if it was Allah Bless America? Would you object to that? If not I can guarantee you that 90% of the people with God Bless America stickers on their cars sure as hell would. But I guess it's okay as long as we're only offending people who aren't Christians or Jews. They're not really Americans anyway.  The other big reason why it's so offensive is that it's obnoixiously arrogant. It says "dear God, please like us best. Screw all those other people." It's unbecoming. Why not "god bless everyone equally"? No no, that would never do! Then we won't have the advantage!
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Seth Kanahoe
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11-06-2005 01:02
Any objections to "God Bust America"?
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