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Related: About this forumHeartfelt Prayers to Jesus
A carpenter's prayer upon striking his thumb, instead of the nail: "Jesus H. Christ!"
A coed's prayer: "Jesus Christ! Don't let this test be positive!"
A take-out diner's prayer of thanks: "Jesus, this is good pizza!"
A young man's prayer, after discovering a parking lot dent: "Holy Jesus! My father will kill me!"
I often wonder if the name of Jesus is used in that sort of prayer at least as often in other sorts.
Cattledog
(5,923 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I do not wonder.
3Hotdogs
(12,475 posts)it is in no deliberate attempt to communicate with the make believe spirit of some poor bugger who was executed by Romans.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Are they prayers or exclamations? Because we use we might say "fuck" in those same situations without thinking about sex, and when having sex, we might say "Oh God," without thinking about God.
MineralMan
(146,358 posts)One would not say those things without having them deeply ingrained in the mind.
Exclamatory prayers are still prayers. They reflect a person's mindset. When you utter a sudden statement like those, it comes from a part of the brain that holds only the deepest, most often used language. That part of the brain also deals with sexual things, which explains the other word your referenced.
It's interesting to think about, I believe.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)I've heard atheists and Jews say "Jesus," but never prayed to him. They just say it because other people say it.
MineralMan
(146,358 posts)I use other words to make exclamations.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.
MineralMan
(146,358 posts)Instead, I do my best to make things happen. I'm actually pretty serious about my atheism. It's not funny to me.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)MineralMan
(146,358 posts)I love him, too. I've read everything he wrote. But, then, I'm an English major with a focus on American Literature
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Major Nikon
(36,828 posts)Without even the benefit of a decent Christian burial.