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English language, , the use of God's name coupled with 'damn' in this way has been considered by a great majority of Christians and even others, to be one method of the 'taking of the Lord's name in vain' as spoken of in the Ten Commandments in the Book of Exodus in the Christian Bble.
642:"Damned" is also used as an adjective synonymous with "annoying" or "uncooperative," or as a means of giving emphasis. For example, "The damn(ed) furnace isn't working again!" or, "I just washed the damn(ed) car!" or, "The damn(ed) dog won't stop barking!" (The word "damned" is usually only used in North America, whereas in other English speaking countries the word is simply "damn".)
496:. Why should the link be there, soley on the basis of "most people can read an Acrobat file? The basis for keeping it should be "does it add anything to the article." The whole purpose of that link is to show an example of the word "damning" referring to condemnation by humans. Other examples of this are given, so there is no need for another example. So, no, it is not necessary.
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Atlantic. In Britain it's not considered even remotely obscene, "Oh damn" being something you might say in front of your grandmother. The contraction Goddamn doesn't really exist, except by American influence.
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In other words, the phrase 'God damn you' is like saying 'I want God to damn you' to hell. While it varies from religion to religion as to who will go to heaven or hell, the call of 'final judgement', or where a person will end up going, will not be known until each of us reaches that point, beliefs
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Is it worth mentioning here the fact that to "give a dam(n)" has a double meaning, and perhaps in Gone with The Wind it was meant as "dam" (sometimes spelt damn) the small indian coin. Both uses are of course intended to show a lack of caring - the Dam had a low value, so to not give a dam means you
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I would think yes, because the term is often used in movies and literature that goes around the world and this article and its discussion of using the term as profanity helps to provide a base for why the word is used. It is so commonly used in the ways specified in the article and this talk page,
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American friends that the word is considered a little more severe over there (particularly in the bible belt) however I don't know if it would be universally regarded as "Moderate" profanity. Should a wikipedia article really reflect the views of the United States or the
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I wonder about the origin of the phrase "Dammit", which seems strangely unlike "Damn" in all but its usage. Is this simply a contraction of "Damn it"/"Let it be damned"? Why then are two "m"s used instead of "mn"? Is this due to the terms evolving seperately, only to be rejoined in modern usage? Or
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The article states ""Damn" is a mildly profane word used in North
America, the United Kingdom and Australia." They are not the only places to use the word "damn". What about Ireland and New Zealand? I think it would be over-doing it to list all the countries. How about just "western countries" or
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I removed this example because: 1) it was not written in wikipedia style. It said: "This link says...", which violates the wikipedia accessibility guidelines (for people using screen readers and such); and 2) it is redundant, since there are other examples listed of the use of "damning" meaning
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Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve
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4) Telling me to rewrite it doesn't solve the issue. I did what I felt in good faith would make the article better and you reverted it. There's no need to rewrite it if I feel it is useless information. Instead of doing blanket reverts, you could possibly take some time to write it better
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The second reference refers to the
Christian concept of demonology as "Abrahamic demonology." That can't be true by definition unless all Abrahamic religions hold such a view, and they don't. It needs to specify religions, or make the reference about Christianity.
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and you can also view the 'Topical Guide' which will give you a very good idea of what
Mormons believe when it comes to damnation and hell. The terms 'exaltation', 'salvation', and 'heaven' and their synonyms carry a complete opposite meaning of 'damnation'.
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something? Also, "damn" is not profane at all outside of
America as far as I'm aware. You can say it in children's programmes. There's no mention of this however. I think this sentence needs to be changed or expanded upon.
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The lead makes a number of statements e.g. Egyptian practice, which are not in the article, nor cited in any way. These need to be moved to an appropriate section with references, and a lead which summarizes provided.
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that the fact it is getting this much discussion on the back side of the page (the talk page) that it makes it that much more important to describe its extensive uses as what is termed profane speech.
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and don't just do a blanket revert without finding out why. I listed the reason why in my edit summary and someone (I won't say who. You know who you are.) reverted it like it was vandalism. --
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No doubt it is a variant spelling, see my note about 'God damn', 'goddam' above, as that way of spelling is similar. Used as strong profanity like in 'Turn off the goddam radio!'
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I note there is no reference for this entire paragraph. I would remove it entirely unless someone has something useful to say about the use of "damned" in its original form.
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