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    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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      ElectricWarlock — 10 years ago(March 07, 2016 09:18 AM)

      I didn't pay much attention to them taking the Lord's name in vain a lot. I didn't notice. But I thought the prayer scene was very powerful and one of the best moments of the film.

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        bastasch8647 — 10 years ago(March 09, 2016 12:07 AM)

        Yeah, one use was "just cussin'", the other was reverential mirroring a lot of people's double use of the Name

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          phoenixandrew — 9 years ago(April 06, 2016 03:23 PM)

          Taking the Lord's name in vain isn't a sign of being "pro-religious."

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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.

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              Marmadukebagelhole — 9 years ago(April 11, 2016 04:23 AM)

              No. It wasn't abused.
              You've just noticed that it was used. That's all.
              Glasgow's FOREMOST authority
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              = irony. Infer the opposite please.

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                residentevil6901 — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 11:06 PM)

                Didn't even notice it lol come on we live during the desensitized era.

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                  rjfallon-1 — 9 years ago(June 04, 2016 07:58 PM)

                  The language used has little to do with religion and more to do with custom. This form of cursing used in the film was the norm for the era.

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                    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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                      WehoSteve — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 01:44 AM)

                      Happy Blasphemy Day!

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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.

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                            Woodyanders — 9 months ago(June 25, 2025 12:46 AM)

                            Jesus H. motherfuckin' Christ, bitch!
                            You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

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