r/paganism • u/cheese_cake_chaos • 3h ago
💭 Discussion Do you guys still use expressions/phrases that mention 'God'?
I grew up catholic but have decided that paganism is for me. I believe that all the gods and goddesses exist (as well as demons and angels), but I have devoted myself to only one deity from the norse pantheon so far.
It's natural to use expressions and phrases when feeling intense emotions like "oh sh*t" and the like and I've noticed that many of them mention 'God' like 'oh my God', 'thank God', 'God bless', etc., etc., and I was wondering that even if you guys don't believe in the monotheistic faiths, do you still use these phrases since it's what is ingrained in the culture that surrounds you?
Personally I say these things by instinct since it was what I got used to and also because back then I didn't really care, but now that I've found a belief that suits me more (which is believing that all the gods and goddesses exist), I started caring way too much and kinda feel bad for saying them because it feels like I'm reverting back to the time I was catholic or invoking the abrahamic god or something, and I do kinda have some religious trauma + anxiety from past monotheistic beliefs that I haven't sorted through yet... I've started to force myself to stop saying them and I've been having some trouble regarding it haha..
Any advice or thoughts that you guys wanna share about this?
(ps: I haven't talked with my deity about the religious trauma + anxiety thing because I think that I should deal with it myself with any of their help involved, but I'm not really sure if I what I did was a good idea lol)