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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Did they actually believe that their god could die?? That seems so strange to me ... or were they talking about the execution of Jesus of Nazareth??
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I betcha they said something closer to "Gadzooks," which sort of boils down to "God's Blood," which was a very powerful oath back in the day. If one swore by Gadzooks, then it was not something that could be taken back.
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No, if that's a quote of the oath, then I'm sure they said God's death .... but, my question was whether that was a reference to Jesus ... rather than the actual Christian "God."
I've heard two different explanations for Gadzooks .... one is the one that Patricia mentions below. The other was that it was related to "Zounds" ... which was a referece to "God's wounds."
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Originally Posted by Patricia
Gadzooks = 'God's hooks' ie the nails used in the crucifixion. Oaths on the instuments of the Passion were apparently quite common.
The Christian God involves three persons. The second person of this trinity died and allegedly rose again.
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This, I know. My grandfather was actually a Christian minister. So, I learned all the trinity stuff growing up. I had just never heard of the phrase "God's death" or "the death of God" in an oath before. It struck me as sounding very odd.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The latter, I believe. We are talking about extraordinarily pious Christians, after all.
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Dennis
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Clearly. Very pious. Probably not very "Christian" ... but certainly very pious.