Who do you thank?

skinner2x

Here's a lighthearted question for Atheists..(as most threads in here tend to go very deep..)
I was raised catholic, but have lapsed to the point that I should probably just admit I'm atheist. (though the lingering guilt prevents it )
So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?
Eg " nice weather for your holidays?" Ans, " Yeah thanks be to ??"
I used to say thank God, thanks be to Jaysus etc, now the only replacement I have for that is 'Thankfully' which sounds terribly formal..

thankfully/thank goodness

Jeanious

Fuck

Zombrex

I say "Thank God". I find the irony delicious :P

Some times I like to mix it up a bit with the odd bit of outrageous blasphamy (only sin that can't be forgiven don't you know), for example "Thank Holy Jesus ****ing a donkey I'm glad it is Friday"

seamus

I don't thank anyone/anything because it was nothing more than pure chance.

So, "Nice weather on your holidays?; "Yep. Deadly".

Dades

I'm partial to "Thank Bejasus".

Funglegunk

I'm a 'Praise Allah' kind of person myself.

Ickle Magoo

I don't feel the need to thank anyone for weather or any other naturally occurring event...

"Nice weather on your holidays?"

"Yes, it was lovely".

skinner2x

Wicknight wrote: »

Some times I like to mix it up a bit with the odd bit of outrageous blasphamy (only sin that can't be forgiven don't you know), for example "Thank Holy Jesus ****ing a donkey I'm glad it is Friday"

Also a civil 'sin' now you know:o .
I have thanked 'fúck' as Coyle has done, on many occasions.
Heh heh, might just start thanking Allah, as funglegunk has done, for the shock factor :pac:

The Mad Hatter

Frak.

PeterIanStaker

Thank Lemmy!

monosharp

I thank everyones imaginary friends on a rotational basis. Today is 'Thank Jesus', tomorrow is 'Thank the Hipno Toad', the next day 'Thanks Colonel Sanders' and so on.

cypharius

By sacred feth!

Or

By the golden throne!


Nobody here will get those references .

mikhail

I don't think I use that formulation much, but I do catch myself "For the love of God" occasionally. Some people substitute Pete or Mike, but that just sounds kind of random to me. However, Futurama has provided me with a wonderful expression I use on occasion:

"Sweet Zombie Jesus!"

amacachi

coyle wrote: »

Fuck

That's the one.

checkyabadself

I sometimes say thanks be to Odin, Isis, etc as it is funny to see peoples reaction. Its amazing to see that most people are unconscious about saying thanks be to god 10 times a day.

I say thankfully or thank goodness most ofthe time though.

Canis Lupus

It's such an Irish thing. I say Jesus alot but pronounce it the Spanish way

buckwheat

Jebus or Superman for me

MagicMarker

Krishna

Dr. Loon

Thank fúck.
Thank the gods
Or thank Prince, as in The artist formerly known as.

antiskeptic

Wicknight wrote: »

Some times I like to mix it up a bit with the odd bit of outrageous blasphamy (only sin that can't be forgiven don't you know)

Curiously, this probably isn't the nature of the so called 'unforgivable sin'. Rather, it's the refusal* to obey the command to repent (and be forgiven) that constitutes said sin. Which is logical enough - you can't apply forgiveness to someone who refuses it being applied.


* as per our previous discussion, a person can refuse to obey God without believing in God.

Morbert

skinner2x wrote: »

So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?

I thank the great and mysterious God known only as 'f**k'.

[edit]-Bah, Dr. Loon beat me to it.

Stercus Accidit

I say thanks be to jaysuz lord blessuz and saaaave uz through pure habit, coloquial country terms are very endearing, if entirely meaningless.

I think if anything, thank christ would pop out, as an entirely empty phrase I have picked up through habit and everyone around me saying them, I have so little regard for the supposed meaning of such words that it wouldn't even pop up on my radar. Thank fuck if I was particularily nervous about something, it is a more powerful word after all.

optogirl

Thank Crunchie.

What about with sneezing? Do you still say Bless You?

I've taken to saying the German gesundheit

Malari

skinner2x wrote: »

Here's a lighthearted question for Atheists..(as most threads in here tend to go very deep..)
I was raised catholic, but have lapsed to the point that I should probably just admit I'm atheist. (though the lingering guilt prevents it )
So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?
Eg " nice weather for your holidays?" Ans, " Yeah thanks be to ??"
I used to say thank God, thanks be to Jaysus etc, now the only replacement I have for that is 'Thankfully' which sounds terribly formal..

I've never found it necessary to thank anyone for the weather, but occasionally I find a nod to Evelyn Cusack is appropriate (she always gives good weather).

I hate the phrase "thanks be to god", it's just so...country. I usually respond with "why, what did he do?"

Turtwig

My most common ones are :

"Thank f*ck."
"Thank Heavens."
"Praise Allah" (I do this one, just for the looks people give me.)
"Thank you."
"Thanks be to Jesus."
"Thank God."

Ickle Magoo

optogirl wrote: »

Thank Crunchie.

What about with sneezing? Do you still say Bless You?

I've taken to saying the German gesundheit

I usually say "Pardon me" or "Dearie me, hope I'm not getting a cold"...

optogirl

optogirl wrote: »

Thank Crunchie.

What about with sneezing? Do you still say Bless You?

I've taken to saying the German gesundheit

I don't say anything when either myself or other people sneeze.

The one that gets me is in a situation where I'd say "hopefully", the grandparents and other older relatives say "god willing", they also picked up "insh'allah" (no idea how to spell it).
What's wrong with "hopefully"!

The Mad Hatter

bluewolf wrote: »

the grandparents and other older relatives say "god willing"

I recently said "medicine willing".

Turtwig

Oh! I forgot this one :

"With the help of randomness"

robindch

skinner2x wrote: »

I was raised catholic, but have lapsed to the point that I should probably just admit I'm atheist. (though the lingering guilt prevents it )

Lingering guilt for being a catholic? You'll get over it -- go have a beer

skinner2x wrote: »

So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?

limerick_woody

yep, **** usually covers it.

irishh_bob

skinner2x wrote: »

Here's a lighthearted question for Atheists..(as most threads in here tend to go very deep..)
I was raised catholic, but have lapsed to the point that I should probably just admit I'm atheist. (though the lingering guilt prevents it )
So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?
Eg " nice weather for your holidays?" Ans, " Yeah thanks be to ??"
I used to say thank God, thanks be to Jaysus etc, now the only replacement I have for that is 'Thankfully' which sounds terribly formal..

i dont thank , end of story

the thing that always amuses me about believers more than anything else is that they seem to thank god for marvelous sunshine but never once in a century floods like the kind we see now in pakistan , i mean if his powers are limitless , surely he must be responsible for both

Gregor Samsa

Bob.

robindch

robindch wrote: »

Lingering guilt for being a catholic? You'll get over it -- go have a beer

Yer one's face is priceless

Niska

Thank fcuk, feck or Thor...

cypharius wrote: »

By sacred feth!

Or

By the golden throne!


Nobody here will get those references .

Corbec

Zillah

cypharius wrote: »

By sacred feth!

Or

By the golden throne!


Nobody here will get those references .

It is not uncommon for me to thank the Emperor.

I have also been partial to "by the Dark Gods", "oh your God" and the usual f based expletive that has been discussed at length.

Goduznt Xzst

optogirl wrote: »

What about with sneezing? Do you still say Bless You?

I usually say: "Enjoy your 1/10th of an orgasm"... gets odd looks at family get togethers though

skinner2x

Zillah wrote: »

It is not uncommon for me to thank the Emperor.

I have also been partial to "by the Dark Gods", "oh your God" and the usual f based expletive that has been discussed at length.

I have used something similar, like 'If the Gods are good". The look on peoples faces, as they're trying to work out if you're serious:P

aidan24326

irishh_bob wrote: »

the thing that always amuses me about believers more than anything else is that they seem to thank god for marvelous sunshine but never once in a century floods like the kind we see now in pakistan , i mean if his powers are limitless , surely he must be responsible for both

God only intervenes to do good stuff you see, when anything bad happens it's free will. God is pretty much in a no-lose situation there.

robindch

aidan24326 wrote: »

God only intervenes to do good stuff you see, when anything bad happens it's free will. God is pretty much in a no-lose situation there.

Also interesting to note that when religious people say that something is good (and therefore a "gift of god" or somesuch) or that something is bad (and part of god's inexplicable plan), they're actually deciding the moral value of god's actions -- something that would have gotten you a lightening bolt up the bum in a less permissive religion.

krudler

Christ on a bendy bus.

MagicMarker

krudler wrote: »

Christ on a bendy bus.

ShooterSF

Malty_T wrote: »

Oh! I forgot this one :

"With the help of randomness"

I will make it my mission to use this phrase any chance I get, with the help of randomness.

Ms.Forbes

skinner2x wrote: »

Here's a lighthearted question for Atheists..(as most threads in here tend to go very deep..)
I was raised catholic, but have lapsed to the point that I should probably just admit I'm atheist. (though the lingering guilt prevents it )
So, when something good happens to you , who do you thank?
Eg " nice weather for your holidays?" Ans, " Yeah thanks be to ??"
I used to say thank God, thanks be to Jaysus etc, now the only replacement I have for that is 'Thankfully' which sounds terribly formal..

i thought i was an atheist but then if the spiritual world does not exist

how does that explain ghosts??

there is evidence all over the world to suggest that there are ghosts

there couldn't possibly be logical explanations for all these strange stories of ghosts

ShooterSF

Ms.Forbes wrote: »

i thought i was an atheist but then if the spiritual world does not exist

how does that explain ghosts??

there is evidence all over the world to suggest that there are ghosts

there couldn't possibly be logical explanations for all these strange stories of ghosts

Way off topic And in an effort not to bite I will make the following statement. It is technically possible to be an atheist and believe in ghosts. You just don't believe in a god.

Seems strange. But then I've seen more ludicrous statements in recent times ;D

Choochtown

Ms.Forbes wrote: »

i thought i was an atheist but then if the spiritual world does not exist

how does that explain ghosts??

there is evidence all over the world to suggest that there are ghosts

there couldn't possibly be logical explanations for all these strange stories of ghosts

I'd love someone to point me in the direction of the "evidence". (Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray films don't count).

Why couldn't there possibly be logical explanations?

Turtwig

Ms.Forbes wrote: »

i thought i was an atheist but then if the spiritual world does not exist

how does that explain ghosts??

there is evidence all over the world to suggest that there are ghosts

there couldn't possibly be logical explanations for all these strange stories of ghosts

Well here's your solution. You can still be an atheist and believe in a spiritual world, just don't believe in a deity.