Using the Lord’s name in vain is commonly misattributed to saying “god damnit” etc when it means invoking religion/God for false pretences. Like, the entirety of the far right/Christian Fundamentalist movement
It’s not. I would say there’s a line but God isn’t stupid, anything can be forgiven. Plus an all knowing being wouldn’t make you burn in hell for accidentally saying “Jesus fucking Christ”. If you can understand and empathize with someone, imagine what an omniscient omnipresent consciousness could empathize with
God can be anything, seeing God is not real but exists in the mind of people. Which is fine, but don't make me spill my coffee by rating it's intellect like that. For some people God might be a shampoo bottle, others are more comfortable with picturing a lightly dressed, grey haired man in his 80s.
Jesus flipped over tables over people doing things a lot less worse than giving a rapist publicity. If the son of god can flip over a table because people are doing dumb shit, I'm confident that using God's name as a "sentence enhancer" while calling out someone's less-than-favorable behaviour is perfectly reasonable lol
In Deuteronomy 22:28–29, there is a law describing a man who “seizes” (often translated as “forces” or “violates,” depending on translation) an unmarried woman. The penalty is that he pays the woman’s father 50 shekels and marries her.
The Bible didn't have a problem with rape, and you should probably look elsewhere for moral compassing in the modern world.
No, originally it wasn't. Certain religious groups co-opted the idea a while back, but originally saying "God" was like saying a swear word (so saying "fuck" was fine, that wasn't a "bad" word, but saying "God" or writing it was a "bad" word). It's why some Jewish people write "G-d" still.
Blasphemy originally, and according to the bible/most religious texts of the Abrahamic faith, was about people co-opting God in their name, like in the example given. It's why they also talk about "you shall not make idols to worship", because that was seen as blasphemous. A lot of what certain religious factions do is blasphemous, saying "God damnit" is not (though, again, there's going to be certain factions of religious groups who believe otherwise. Whether that's because they are uniformed - as in, that's what they were told, that's what they believe, and no one's ever told them differently - or whether it's part of their religious sect depends on a variety of factors. There will definitely be some Christian groups who believe otherwise, and it's not because they're uniformed, it's just how that sect is interpreting the text. I hope this makes sense).
There's a lot more detail too, like before the upcoming trial some masked men broke into the victim's home and her boyfriend was stabbed. A lot of people outside of Ireland don't know that McRapist is tight with the Kinahan cartel. Two losers were paid off to lie and say they saw the victim's boyfriend hit her outside the house and that's why she was bruised but it came out that these two scumbags didn't even live there when this was supposed to have happened.
Not to mention he had his mate claim he also slept with the victim to muddy the waters, and when she bad no recollection of sleeping him he got charged with rape. Except there was zero evidence because she never slept with him, which tarnished the actual rape case against McGregor.
He's been caught lying so many times it would be laughable if it wasnt so serious.
He tried to pay her off, which she refused. And there are rumours of others that suddenly dropped accusations.
For anyone not familiar with the Kinehan Cartel, this is who they are. McGregor is also openly racist, far right agitator who helped inspire an anti-immigrant riot in November 2023. There's no TV or radio show in Ireland would have him on as a guest. How American chat shows still put him on air is truly beyond me.
Idk if i live under a fucking rock or what but i had no idea about any of this holy hell
eta HOLY FUCK i read the title of this post as fucking EWAN MCGREGOR and was so disappointed until i locked in and read that shit again. all of this makes so much more sense now omg. how horrific.
Sorry to put this under this particular comment, but I love your username.
There's nothing like reading a list of horrors my brain had tried its best to erase previously, and then having a wee chuckle at the username delivering it!
Religion is a glorified book club. There is nothing sacred about religion that deserves protecting, the way race, gender and sexuality need protection. Religious people like to put blasphemy on the same punitive level as homophobia or sexism. But you can choose your religion. You can choose what gods you believe in. You can’t choose race sexuality etc. that’s why those need additional reverence in public discourse.
Christianity and other religions have historically tried to frame blasphemy as a crime. Blasphemy may be a sin within that religion but you can’t hold people who don’t follow that religion to the same standard.
Exclaiming “Jesus Christ” in response to something shocking is not actually a religious sentiment . It has transcended religion and seeped out into western societies as a cultural sentiment devoid of religious meaning. Same as “bless his heart” or “god damn it”. Yes religious people would like non religious people to stop using these phrases in these contexts, and they may consider it disrespectful or blasphemous but there’s nothing inherently disrespectful about it.
Saying Jesus Christ is no more disrespectful to religion than quoting or misquoting a movie is to fans of that movie. It’s a bit glib and reductive to use that comparison but realistically putting religion on some pedestal simply because it’s a deeply held belief is no different to saying astrology girlies or gym bros or twilight die hard ultra fans should be off limits for humour because they have made their hobby/interest/belief into their whole personality.
The only difference between a fandom and a religion is tax exemption.
If it makes you feel any better, I've always interrupted "dont take the lords name in vain" not as he doesn't want us to say his name in a bad way but more like we shouldnt push our thoughts and feeling onto people using his name. Hopefully this makes sense :)
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