The Most Evil Curse Word in the World

The other day I was walking my dog when I saw a woman trying to get into her back door.  From the noise coming out of the house, it was obvious that her husband and his friends were having a wild party.  The woman was holding a case of beer in one hand and a grocery sack in the other.  She started kicking the door and then yelled out in anger, “JESUS CHRIST!”

She had turned the Holy Name of the Lord into a curse word.  She had turned it into a vile epithet full of venom.  The most precious Name had become the most evil curse word possible.

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Exodus 20:7 and Deuteronomy 5:11

Read what theologian John Piper has to say on this subject.

http://www.christianity.com/theology/what-does-it-mean-to-take-the-lords-name-in-vain-11600552.html

We can take God’s name in vain in numerous ways.

http://mindrenewers.com/2012/03/13/omg-and-other-ways-christians-take-gods-name-in-vain/

Jiminy Cricket

Jiminy Cricket is a character in the 1940 film, Pinocchio. He serves as the conscience of the main character, a wooden puppet who longs to become a real boy. Few people realize that "Jiminy Cricket" was originally an exclamation of surprise, a minced oath used as a substitute for the exclamation, "Jesus Christ!" This was considered very vulgar and blasphemous, taking God's name in vain, akin to the even more blasphemous modern form, "Jesus H. Christ!"

MInced oaths are also called pseudo-profanity and are altered forms of words and phrases considered to be profane or blasphemous because of the way they are used. The British have many of them: "bloody" is a shortened form of "God's Blood," "zounds!" is a shortened form of "God's wounds." Minced oaths were/are often used to avoid causing offense or to avoid inviting censorship.

Other minced oaths include:
"poppycock" from the Dutch words pappe kak, meaning "soft dung."
"gadzooks" from "God's hooks," the nails that held Jesus to the cross.
"Ay caramba" from "carajo," a Spanish word for penis.
"blankety-blank" refers to the dashes which were used to "disguise" (ie: d- - n) objectionable words.