Holy Cow!
So is that a bad thing to be said by a person who believes in the Holy Lord God Almighty?
I’m not looking for another rule to follow but I’m not sure I want to hear “if you’re feeling convicted…”
I do not desire to be a follower of what other people do but I want to know what others think about this saying.
And not just holy cow but holy moley and a host of other holys that aren’t so stinking holy. Only our Father in heaven is truly Holy. He asks us to be holy because He is Holy but are the phrases: holy cow, holy moley, holy toledo (spellings are questionable) a trivialization of the concept of Holy?
Isn’t that what taking our Lord’s name in vain actually means anyway, that we trivialize Him into a declaration of pain or disappointment or even pseudo delight?
And then when we realize that we can’t do that then we make up stuff like holy moley or pinkandstink or oh my gosh. What is the purpose in these declarations anyway?
