Is "Oh my God" using God's name in vain?

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Is "Oh my God" using God's name in vain?

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Answer 1

Oh my God!" is an idiomatic expression, not a sin. I heard there is atheist who sinned for years were on their death bed and they screamed out "Oh My God". When they did die they supposedly went to Heaven. God says, If you shall call upon my Name your soul shall be saved . Now if I am wrong I will accept a loss for me being wrong .

Answer 2

Megan goodgirl answered

No.

Answer 3

No it is not, "God" is a title not a name. If I said "OH MY PRESIDENT!" would that be taking Obama's name in vain? No.

Your Gods name is either Yahweh or if you're a trinitarian his name would also include Jesus.

Also saying "Oh christ" it is not taking his name in vain, because "christ" is a title as well, not a name.

Answer 4

Depends on what you were taught.

Most Christian sects teach that "god" and "christ" would be taking his name in vain ... Because there is only one true "god" and one "christ". As opposed to "lord" or "king", of which there are many.

However, if you belong to one of those sects ... You could always say "Oh, Zeus" and not be taking a god's name in vain - because you don't believe in that god. LOL