Showing posts with label blasphemy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blasphemy. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Blasphemy for the rest of us...

In celebration of the UK's official approval of blasphemy, I am going to blaspheme! My hubby was on a message board the other day where someone was telling him that when an atheist says "Goddammit," it implies at least some vague belief in God. I told him to respond with this quote from Terry Pratchett:
When you hit your thumb with an 8 pound hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very strong, special minded atheist to jump up and down, with their their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout "Oh random fluctuations in the space time continuum!" or ‘Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!’

Still -- in case it's a pervasive belief that taking God's name in vain is a secret handshake of theism, maybe we could come up with alternatives. So, dear readers, I present for you, blasphemy for the rest of us:

"Holy Curie's Isotopes!"
"Sweet Shermer's Powerpoint!"
"Dawkins on a crutch!"
"Jumpin' JehosaPlait!"
"Mother of Galileo!"
"By the beard of Randi!"
"Eugenie H. Tapdancing Scott!"
"Great Merciful Hawking!"

What else? There are few things that roll off the tongue as easily as a good GODDAMN, especially if you put a break of 3-5 seconds between the two syllables.

The quest continues... I expect you all to give me suggestions in the comments!