Being an atheist in Texas, I change my lingo up and say gods below and bullshit like that. Mostly to get a point across. And to make small minded people to piss off when they knock on my door on Saturday mornings.
Thank the tiny gods is one of my favorites on thr positive side. If you can also wrangle jesus fucking christ into the conversation you get extra points.
I’m pretty comfortable with it since there’s no god to be afraid of. It’s the people who believe in god that have to avoid pissing him off by not having a good enough reason to call him, or something.
If anything, it’s a little bit transgressive and that’s fun.
I’m an atheist but saying things like oh my god or calling for Christ or his mother is so ingrained in my mother language that it’s just a meaningless jerk reflex sound… Like saying ow, or sneezing…
