Last updated on November 10, 2017
Oh, My God!
I use this phrase quite often in my conversation especially when I make comments on my fellow bloggers’ posts and sometimes in the social network’s notifications.
Noticing this phrase in my comments one of my readers, a follower, and a well-wisher send a private mail to me saying, Brother, please do not use that phrase in your comments for that matter even in your conversation, it is like you are not respecting God and taking His name in vain. He has given me some genuine reasons to prove his statement. He also sent me some relevant links for my further studies.
He very emphatically said that if you use that phrase every time for anything and everything, you are simply taking God Almighty’s name in vain.
Taking the Lord’s name in vain is to speak of God with irreverence or disrespect. Are we not using that phrase for each and everything in comments and conversation? Yes, absolutely, without any thought we use that in our daily life. Of course, we use that to express our feelings of shock, joy or excitement, and we use that without knowing the seriousness. And we may even ask what is wrong in using that! Yes, we use that exclamation for our casual use or without any thought, respect or reverence to God’s name.
In short and in reality we are taking that phrase in vain. In the Bible, we read many places this usage. If we check it properly we understand that those are used in a direct dealing with God. Here is an excellent post in this regard to read. 10 Uses of OMG in the Bible
After going through my friend’s letter and the notes I realized that his arguments or suggestions are absolutely correct and I stopped using it in my comments and conversations.
Today my question to my dear readers is that, “Do you agree to this? Or what do you say about this? Or, As a Christian what is your opinion in this regard?
Also, read this post in relation to this usage: GotQuestions.org
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I was a pretty bad abuser of the phrase myself – until the first time it came out of my daughter’s mouth. I agree with you and really thought I was “working on it”, not using it as frequently. But when a child says because it must be okay – momma says it…it makes you think. I am better – and I am aware of how disrespectful this is to what I believe in. Thanks for the post – well said.
Hi Lisa,
I am really sorry, I missed your valuable comment.
Glad to know that you realised the seriousness of its usage.
I appreciate your decision.
May you have a great time ahead
Keep visiting
Best Regards
~ Philip
I don’t ever say, “Oh my God” and I try not to take His name in vain, but I do say, “OMG,” I just realized! I get that from the tweens/teens in my life. I even use it in my middle grade novel. I don’t know that I really thought through that those three letters might also be taking the Lord’s name in vain… I’m going to make a concerted effort to strike that term from my vocabulary.
Stephanie
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Hi Stephanie,
Thank you so much for your valuable presence here.
It is really good to know this post made you re-think on this subject.
May God give you more understanding on this line
Keep visiting
Sorry for the late response.
Keep sharing
May you have a great time of sharing and caring ahead
Best Regards
~ Philip
I agree. When we utter that phrase we are actually calling upon our God. To do so lightly, or to utter the words without reverence is wrong. People also don’t consider that when they use the curse version of dam, they are actually asking God to condemn that person or thing to Hell. And we shouldn’t even use that lightly, as Hell is real.
That said, I have been guilty of doing the same same, usually when I am shocked by something I see or hear.
Hi Barbara,
What a joy to hear from you.
Thanks for sharing your experience and the insight into the subject.
I fully agree with you.
Have a great time ahead,
Best
Philip
I don’t think people use the complete phrase in the age of Whatsup, mostly OMG is referred. Personally I don’t use this phrase occasionally as I just don’t want to disturb God for everything in my life. :)
Thanks for sharing this beautiful topic here.
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Hi Philip,
All Christians must respect the ten commandments that God gave to Moses. It’s said that if you break any of this rules you are committing a deadly sin. The second commandment for Catholics and the third for the Orthodox (like myself) says: “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain” (Exodus 20:7).
In the Old Testament, Hebrews weren’t even allowed to say God’s name, because they believed that it was holy and they weren’t worthy of pronouncing it. That is why we don’t even know, now, the true name of God, because in Jewish, only wrote consonants not vowels.
The main idea is that too many people say “oh my God” without even thinking about the profound meaning that these words have.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
God bless you,
Minuca
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