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Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus? And subsequently breaking the command and blasphemy?

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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
« on: May 22, 2023, 07:40:58 PM »
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    • Recently this came to my attention and I am unsure, what does CI think?

    Oops poll should say commandment not command.
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    Offline Plenus Venter

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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #1 on: May 22, 2023, 08:06:55 PM »
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    • Quote from: AnthonyPadua on May 22, 2023, 07:40:58 PM
    Recently this came to my attention and I am unsure, what does CI think?

    Oops poll should say commandment not command.
    Absolutely it is, no question about it. 
    All blasphemy, and every appearance or suggestion of blasphemy should be shunned.
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    Offline Mithrandylan

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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #2 on: May 22, 2023, 09:34:03 PM »
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    • I see it as slang to *prevent* blasphemy. That's what one of slang's purposes, is it not? "Jeez" and "gosh" rather than their reverent cognates; "dang", "shoot", "fudge", and so forth rather than their more obscene cognates? 
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #3 on: May 22, 2023, 09:46:10 PM »
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    • By all means, eliminate slang from your life. It's a sign of dullness and inarticulation. But it's not matter for sin, considered of itself. 
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    "Be kind; do not seek the malicious satisfaction of having discovered an additional enemy to the Church... And, above all, be scrupulously truthful. To all, friends and foes alike, give that serious attention which does not misrepresent any opinion, does not distort any statement, does not mutilate any quotation. We need not fear to serve the cause of Christ less efficiently by putting on His spirit". (Vermeersch, 1913).

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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #4 on: May 22, 2023, 10:16:00 PM »
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    • I use slang, but I NEVER use jeez since that is the first syllable of Jesus.  I don't think any Christian should use it.
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #5 on: May 22, 2023, 10:28:29 PM »
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    • Yes.  We should try to use other slang.  Same with the concept of "luck" that flies under most people's radars.  "Luck" is an Eastern "Mysticism"/Pagan idea but people use the phrase..."I was lucky" or other things close without even really thinking about what they're saying.  

    For the ones in the OP I use slang like "oh that stinks" or "oh no" or "you don't say" or "doesn't that beat all" and for "luck" I try to use things like "well that worked out for you didn't it" or "that worked out for me" or things like that.  I still slip on these occasionally.  When you've been ingrained for so long to hear/see/use those common expressions it's possible to slip.  Just have to retrain.  
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #6 on: May 22, 2023, 10:40:34 PM »
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    • Yes.  I forbid my children to use those expressions, along with gosh.  They are both abbreviated references to Jesus/God and as disrespectful as if they had used the entire name.
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    Offline Kephapaulos

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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #7 on: May 22, 2023, 10:57:19 PM »
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    • Fr. Ripperger had said that "j-e-e-p-e-r-s" is also a way of taking the Lord's Name in vain. 

    There is also the fact that even common expressions used a lot now are ways of taking the names of Our Lord and Our Lady in vain too.

    More than anything, the way the Lord's Name is taking in vain so much in films. I thought I saw years ago on the forum here that it was a rule that Hollywood had to follow to make movies. 

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    Offline AnthonyPadua

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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #8 on: May 22, 2023, 11:04:33 PM »
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    • Quote from: EWPJ on May 22, 2023, 10:28:29 PM
    Yes.  We should try to use other slang.  Same with the concept of "luck" that flies under most people's radars.  "Luck" is an Eastern "Mysticism"/Pagan idea but people use the phrase..."I was lucky" or other things close without even really thinking about what they're saying. 

    For the ones in the OP I use slang like "oh that stinks" or "oh no" or "you don't say" or "doesn't that beat all" and for "luck" I try to use things like "well that worked out for you didn't it" or "that worked out for me" or things like that.  I still slip on these occasionally.  When you've been ingrained for so long to hear/see/use those common expressions it's possible to slip.  Just have to retrain. 
    I've thought about this before. Why would Christians believe in 'luck' when everything is God's will or what God allows to happen by someone else's will?

    Also the same with 'oh my goodness', only God is good so this as well I need to ask God for grace to stop saying stuff like this.
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #9 on: May 22, 2023, 11:25:43 PM »
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    • I'm OK with the expression, "Good luck."  Nobody believes in some personified deity of "Fortuna" anymore.  This expression simply means something along the lines of, "I hope it works out well for you." or "I wish you all the best."
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #10 on: May 23, 2023, 08:56:06 AM »
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    • I pointed this out to a trad a decade ago and was told I was crazy and suffered from religiousity.
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    Re: Is the term 'jeez/geez' slang for Jesus?
    « Reply #11 on: May 23, 2023, 10:08:09 AM »
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    • Maybe, not sure, it sounds weird when I hear it like the first part of Jesus. I don’t personally say it that much, and say “Sheesh” instead.
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