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| Quote: | | The word was used not only as JC's "middle name", but also as a noun, as an adjective, as a verb, as an adverb, as an exclamation, as an added syllable -- you name it! (Well, actually, I don't remember it being used as a conjunction... |
Way to go!
"Rocco: F*cking... What the f*ck. Who the f*ck f*cked this f*cking... How did you two f*cking f*cks...
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Rocco: f*ck!
Connor: Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word."
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| Fri May 16, 2008 21:13 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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God doesn't like it, whether the offender is consciously or unconsciously taking the Lord's name in vain. (at least the Yahweh/Jesus of the Holy Bible, Whose laws were etched in clay or stone in the form of the Ten Commandments)
...and to answer the middle-name question:
The "H" stands for "Harold", Jesus's middle name.
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| Sat May 17, 2008 0:12 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| Molly wrote: | | Quote: | So to say that it's "nothing to do with Christ" is not quite true: for some people, it would clearly break religious taboos.
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A case of an implication and inference clash, I'd say.
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For some users it would clearly break religious taboos.
If X = "Jesus f*cking Christ", not everyone in the set {people who have said X at least once} is a member of the set {people who habitually say X}.
For some members of the first set, the phrase would still have its "charge", even though for those in the second set it has probably lost its meaning; and the "charge" would relate to the conjunction of sex and religion.
(If it had no "charge", no one would have bothered to use the expression in the first place; and it certainly doesn't relate to Steamboat Willie.)
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| Sat May 17, 2008 10:54 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| Quote: | | For some members of the first set, the phrase would still have its "charge", even though for those in the second set it has probably lost its meaning; and the "charge" would relate to the conjunction of sex and religion. |
I assume there are many more of one set than the other. What would you guess the ratio to be? |
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| Sat May 17, 2008 10:57 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| Quote: | | and it certainly doesn't relate to Steamboat Willie.) |
Are you our resident expert on willies, Mr P?  |
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| Sat May 17, 2008 13:17 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | No. Most Christians would consider it a sin against the second commandment, or something similar. They would consider it sinful without even inserting the F-word. |
I don't get this. Wouldn't it be just an exclamation of surprise? How is it sinful?
By the way I think the F-word is overused.
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| Sat May 17, 2008 13:33 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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| Molly wrote: | | Quote: | | For some members of the first set, the phrase would still have its "charge", even though for those in the second set it has probably lost its meaning; and the "charge" would relate to the conjunction of sex and religion. |
I assume there are many more of one set than the other. What would you guess the ratio to be? |
Almost certainly 1.61803399 : 1
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| Sat May 17, 2008 15:29 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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| MrPedantic wrote: | Almost certainly 1.61803399 : 1
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Really? Well, Jesus..F*ucking... Christ! |
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| Sat May 17, 2008 17:50 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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| Quote: | I don't get this. Wouldn't it be just an exclamation of surprise? How is it sinful?
By the way I think the F-word is overused. |
That is true , calling God by name is sinful specially in vain with F* or witout F*
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It is what we know about his name. Harald has been mentioned in Bible I guess
Christ means is Greek aointment man ,Jesus is also from Greek.
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| Sat May 17, 2008 22:27 pm Jesus ... Christ |
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I'm not sure that "Harold" is mentioned in the Bible; I think it's a name of Scandinavian origin.
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| Sun May 18, 2008 0:47 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| Quote: | | I don't get this. Wouldn't it be just an exclamation of surprise? How is it sinful? |
Mr P and Jamie say it is often used for attacking Jesus and Christians. So it must be sinful. Nuff said.  |
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| Sun May 18, 2008 1:14 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| Molly wrote: | Mr P and Jamie say it is often used for attacking Jesus and Christians.
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MrP actually said: "to say that it's 'nothing to do with Christ' is not quite true".
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| Sun May 18, 2008 1:20 am Jesus ... Christ |
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| MrPedantic wrote: | MrP actually said: "to say that it's 'nothing to do with Christ' is not quite true".
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Same difference. |
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