My eldest daughter coined a good one.. Jesus Crap! I think she was 7 when she did that. I think she wanted to say Jesus Christ, but it came out much better.

No. Oh Lordy, no!

I most certainly do. BOB dammit, BOB blast both of thine eyes, may BOB send you to the nether ends of Fiddlybits where you will be forced to sit on a steel chair waiting for something to happen...

Christ on a stick

Not so much anymore. I used to . One I use often is Holy Houdini. Lol

Jesus tap dancing Christ yes!

All the time. Sometimes this makes theists angry, but tough. People can believe anything they wish, but I am under no obligation to revere, respect or take seriously the imaginary players of their religion. Therefore, I use all the expletives I feel like, godded or not.

I use #4 fairly often. Sometimes a "holy shit" gets thrown in; that's about it.

I also use “amen” as a confirmation. I do try to replace those sayings with others, but it has been in grained in me since I was a child. It’s a habit, not religious.

I use religous language in cussing - god damnit etc. I also find myself doing a lightweight “holy Toledo” or “damnation”. My maternal grandfather had a rather ... large vocabulary and I picked up much of it from him.

Sometimes I say bless you when a person sneezes. I might say omg or God dammit when I read some bad news.

I say a lot of religious phrases despite not believing.

"Oh god" "for God's sake" "Jesus christ"

But I've always said gesundheit instead of bless you

I use thoughts and prayers to rile people up. Does that count?

Well, one thing is what I say and another thing what I meant. I use some of (those) out of habit but they don't mean much...... I don't say bless at all but I do use the occasional go to hell...hell yeah !!!

I use “god damn it” and “god fucking damn it” quite often. I also use “aww hell” and “hell yeah” a lot.

I don't avoid religious speak. Its nothing more than colloquial vernacular with nothing reverental involved. I will say, " my hand to Jesus/heaven/god" but I also say things like "Jesus fuck" "jumping jesus on a pgo stick", etc.

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Goddamn you to Hell
I pray to God, as desperate hope
I wish to God, as strong desire
Christian, as descriptive of moral behavior
God help me, as expression of hoping to control your behavior;
Hellish, as in awful
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Having written this question, and reading responses, I have really noticed of myself that I do use quite religious expressions. Having been raised with no religion (I only noticed I was not Christian when I was 12 and my friends were getting commencement gifts; in my town you were Christian unless proven Jewish; upon short contemplation I noticed I did not believe in God, so it all made sense), I certainly did not learn them at home. I do not think I learned them from a partner or location. I think I must have started ironically

I say things like "Lord have mercy (on my [poor] soul)" "Sweet mother of Jesus" "Heavens above" "Lord save us"

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I am a life-long non-believer in anything having o do with the supernatural or paranormal. Very early in my life (I was born in 1944 so it has been a while) I argued with cousins about Santa Claus. My logic was simple. I knew reindeer didn't fly and felt that fact alone discredited the whole program from square one.

Being born in North Carolina it was normal to pick up utterances such as Heaven knows or Thank god for or that and a rash of such simpleton horse manure. I was a skeptic even before I knew the word or concept, and when I did I thought, "that's what i am" and adopted both immediately. It wasn't long before I also adopted agnostic and eventually that morphed to atheist.

I tell people I'm a "card-carrying atheist" and then hand them my calling card that has "ATHEOS" under my name, with my cell # and address. I lead two atheist Meet Up sites and meet with fellow atheists every Sunday afternoon. Denton Atheist and Wise Free Thinkers and Skeptics; do a search for the terms.

When I came out as an atheist some 40-years ago, I decided then it was ridiculous to have such phrases in my vocabulary and began a private effort to rid myself of that trash and I'm pleased to report I was successful.

Also a question if I may; When you make a new friend whom you think is smart, intelligent or sharp are you disappointed to learn that are religious? I am.

Ken Hughes

i say bless you, and often add that it is my own blessing, not god's, i am bestowing, and i have only two to spare.

i do not avoid any of the other expressions, although i usually add a middle initial to the jesus fucking christ. i've never been christian, by the way. somehow, oh richard dawkins doesn't work when you bang your toe or trip over the dog.

however, i do not say b.c. and a.d. i say b.c.e. and c.e. i do have my standards!

if i am for some reason actually speaking about jesus, i do not give him the title christians have given him. jesus wasn't even his real name, but at least it's just a name. christ is a title. i don't use it (except, as aforementioned, i am producing an excited utterance, in which case i am just using the expression as a sound).

i most certainly do not say stuff like "it's in god's hands," "it's god's will" or, other than a response to a sneeze, "bless you."

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Raised Catholic. So those words are embedded in my brain.

Btw ... I use Islamic greetings with Muslims and Shalom with Jews and call my of my Chinese friends comrades. Neither affects my "commitment" to atheism.

your question almost warrants a PhD in applied linguistics ... i wonder How perversive other Religions are. You should read Asterix & Obelix. The authors transposed these Religions reference to the Roman religio-linguistic background replacing all references.

My catholic college roommate used to say, "Judas Priest!"

I say "Thank Allah " sometimes just to be a wise ass. Some of the looks I get are priceless! I stopped saying "God bless you " or "Bless you" when someone sneezes.