@gakINGKONG Said
Never have I ever heard a person say "godamit" and thought to myself: "oh look, a pious person is asking God to curse that thing!" I would say that there is an inverse correlation in the health of a person's prayer life and his utterance of "godamit."
Most always that phrase is used as a curse word added to emphasize or underscore the severity or level of emotion/hurt/discomfort/displeasure blah blah.
My grandfather was a very pious person... Southern Baptist... church goer... believer... prayed thankgully a lot... shared his belief with his children and we grandchildren... additionally never drank booze... never a philandering persons... worked hard... paid his employees well and took care of them before "health care" was a thing... etc...
... he had two "favorite" phrases:
1. {i]Devil fetch it!
2.
Goddamn it!
Both meant exactly what they said... the 1st was offering the Devil his dues, the second was asking God to curse "it"... and the thought of pissing off or disrespecting god was the kind of thing that might get a child or grandchild a bit of a red colored a** from a spanking... another adult disrespecting god would have gotten a disdainful look and a shake of the head (my grandfather was a big strong man, but a
gentle giant one might say.
Of course you never knew my grandfather, so your above written statement is probably still true.
Side notes:
1. I say "goddammit" every now and again. It is
never meant to insult god. I literally want god to damn the thing I am actually insulting.
2. I never curse god, take "his" name in vane, and never ever mock god. I do mock so of "his" hypocritical followers, but never ever "him".