For Christ's sake!
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KarlBEdwards — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 12:19 PM)
Religious connotations aside, was anybody else irritated by the number of time's this phrase or simply the word
Christ
is used and abused throughout the movie? I'm sure this has been mentioned on the board but I feel like this movie in general had this awkward and forced religious overtone that just leaves me asking "why?" every time I watch it. From the amount of
c-bombs
to the prayer towards the end of the movie, just why? I'd like to state that I'm not anti-religious in any way nor want to frame this as an anti-religious post but just wanted to point this out. -
bastasch8647 — 10 years ago(February 28, 2016 03:54 PM)
The usage of the name seemed perfectly fit to the characters and action - completely non-intrusive and "natural". As natural as in the Spielberg film when Quint tells Brody, "Ya hear that, Chief? We're headin' in!" and Brody says, "Thank Christ!"
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bastasch8647 — 9 years ago(April 08, 2016 04:14 PM)
Taking the Lord's name in vain isn't a sign of being "pro-religious."
Nor is it necessarily a sign of being anti-religious. As I said, it's just a typical American double standard, where the Name is used reverentially in a religious context, and as profanity in a secular context. People are inconsistent. -
SweetReaper83 — 9 years ago(July 03, 2016 06:32 PM)
I totally agree, I can remember my whole family and all my parents friends always using it when I was a kid. I believe it was just a common use of cussing back then. I guess even to this day really but I only really hear it now days from people who were teenagers or older in that era.
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mahou_fancy_lala — 9 years ago(October 16, 2016 06:21 PM)
Didn't even notice until you mentioned it. Sounds like you just have a personal grudge with the word so you noticed it more than others, and then felt the need to whine about it.
I was raised a Buddhist, am pretty much Agnostic now, but I still say "JC" and "JFC" when I'm shocked, scared, etc. It's just been instilled in me despite it being part of my upbringing.