I’m not religious personally but TGI Fridays is a very popular after-church spot (according to all of the religious/former religious people I asked). Why are none of them mad about this?
How could they actively support a restaurant so sinful it includes a sin in the title?
Taking the lord’s name in vain isn’t swearing or saying thank God, it’s doing stuff “in the name of the Lord.” Ergo, most so-called Christians in the US take the Lord’s name in vain on a daily basis.
supply side jesus has different rules
Do they actually say what “TGI” stands for? Is there some legal document that says its full name is “Thank God It’s Friday’s”? Maybe it actually stands for “The Grumpy Intestine Friday’s”.
Of all the gods that people have ever believed in, ones that are currently believe in and any future gods, I wonder which god they meant? ;)
Since Friday is literally Freya’s day, I’d assume they were thanking her.
Because it’s “Thank God It’s Friday,” not “God Dammit It’s Friday.”
Well now I want to open a bar called “God Dammit It’s Monday”. With the gimmick being that it’s the bar for people who want to get blackout drunk.
“God dammit, it’s Monday…I need a drink…”
GDI Mondays
The 4th commandment requires that we thank G-d for Friday.
I don’t know about TGI Fridays, but my parents were offended by ABC’s TGIF branding.
Is it in vain? Don’t most people unironnically mean they are happy it’s Friday?
See, I’m not sure about the cutoff point… I’ve heard stories of people getting upset over “God this is so good” after taking a bit of a good meal.
Like I said, I’m not religious so idk all of the context here… I’m just curious why I’ve never seen any complaints about it at all. Not saying more should be upset, just curious.
Like religion itself, the reaction to the word is completely made up by the person witnessing it. Your experience will vary but gets progressively more aggressive the further south you get where Sherman should have burned all the way to the sea
You need more context to answer questions like that tbh. No Christian denomination is like another, so definitely some would find it distasteful to use God’s name outside Church, but most people aren’t like that lol. Most people just speak the same way you and everyone else does.
They’re too busy being mad about the service and quality of food.
Didn’t Friday’s shut down over a decade ago? Chili’s and Applebee’s are all that’s left, and the latter is barely clinging on.
No, there are still plenty around. I drive past one often enough to know they have decent drink specials.
Looked into it; looks like they simply decided to flee my state. The closest Friday’s location to me is 300+ miles away in California.
I always assumed it stood for “thank goodness it’s fridays” honestly.
It’s not uncommon for some sects to write G-d instead of God as a handy workaround, and even then “God” is already a euphemism for the Tetragrammaton rather than His actual name. So in that vein using “G” on its own is probably safe.
That’s actually an unholey workaround!
ocontains 100% more hole than-.
lol no
the lords name
I’m not religious
Wut? If you’re not religious, why are you using the phrase “the lords name”?
It’s a common thing religious people say “taking the Lords name in vain”. This is the thing people would call a sin. It wouldn’t be the same if phrased differently.
It’s a common thing religious people say
Exactly. How come you’re saying it?
My question is about what people who actively use that phrase would be upset about. Someone who says the lords name would be upset about “the lords name” specifically.
There’s a difference between being upset about some guy talking to some girl and being upset that your best friend John is flirting with your wife. The specific labels happen to matter even if they aren’t the terms I would use in any other circumstances.
Someone who says the lords name would be upset about “the lords name” specifically.
But it’s not “the lord’s name” because it’s not “the lord”, it’s “their lord”. Why would you include yourself as a subject of Christians’ “lord”?
No but I would talk about Santa despite not believing him.
This whole debate is stupid though… I used a very common phrase because it’s a common phrase that people use. That’s pretty much it. I’m done replying.
Because it’s a common phrase and because one can accept that people have a name for their deity even if you believe that deity doesn’t really exist.
