Oh My Gods

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In Frank Herbert's Dune series, despite the fact that Muad'Dib and his son Leto II are both worshipped (and both involved in eradicating other religions, especially the latter who was viewed in a more or less monotheistic way), characters frequently exclaim "Gods Below!" throughout the series. (The gods in question are the sandworms, to which Fremen myth attributes with divine or semi-divine character.) And "Great Scott!" which was a common exclamation in early-20th century America that either started as an Unusual Euphemism or a military usage, see some other Wiki for info. Even though many churches really don't want us to use the Lord's name in vain, many people, especially in fiction, will end up saying "Goddammit" or "Oh my God" for one reason or another. note Technically, "God" isn't His name; even the words it's translated from ("El", "Eloah", and "Elohim") are more like describing what He is rather than a name. And the commandment in The Bible was originally about making false oaths anyway. However, a writer can't invoke a god in a fantasy environment because monotheism is rare, so where we say "Oh My God", characters in the fantasy universe will say "Oh My Gods!"

The Genie also calls Aladdin "Doubting Mustapha", which is likely a reference to "Doubting Thomas". Many strips are the result of viewer suggestion, and Oh My Gods! as a whole often reflects the personal experiences of the artist. Some criticized the comic for its comments on Hinduism. [4] In Brake by Poul Anderson, the captain of a spacecraft on a runaway course out of the solar system swears Per Jovem (By Jupiter) which gives him a "Eureka!" Moment to use the friction of Jupiter's atmosphere to slow them down.Starfire frequently exclaims "X'hal!" when surprised, and has said something to the effect of "Thank X'hal you're all right!" at least once. This becomes slightly odd when it turns out X'hal is at best very destructive and probably a little bit crazy. Fridge Brilliance when you realize the Tamaranians swing wildly between passionate lovers and Proud Warrior Race without a whole lot of moods in between. It is then played straight in the third sequel " 3001: The Final Odyssey", when Frank Poole (Bowman's crewmate in the first novel) is recovered from space and revived (apparently having been cryogenically frozen by exposure to space), he is shown a recording of Bowman's last moments, with the audio strangled edited to say "By Deus! It's full of stars!". This is explained in the narrative by saying that since all religions are now united in the 31st century, all references to earlier gods have been overwritten with Deus, a single divine entity. (This is quite interesting in the translations of the novel to languages in which "Deus" is simply the word for "God". "By Theos, it is full of stars", is even weirder.)

In March 2007, Oh My Gods! was made available in book form for the first time. As of February 2009, five volumes of yearly anthologies had been made available at the print-on-demand publisher Lulu. [10] These volumes include: The Alerans often swear by "the Great Furies". While they don't technically worship said Furies, they are immensely powerful Physical Gods (some of the nastier ones are Eldritch Abominations in all but name), and the Alerans do have a healthy personal respect for them, even if only the top Citizens know why. The students were so excited to see you and they wouldn't stop talking about you. After your visit there was such a high request for your book Oh My Gods that I had to give them the ones I use for my Book Club. It's such a joy to see the students reading more. I am so grateful that you came because the interest in reading in some of the students has gone high." Librarian, Eastbury Community School Fundie - He is a stereotypical fundamentalist, Christian who tries to convert/save the souls of the pagan characters. He's also a frequent target of Stan's practical jokes.Amusingly, the Judges of East Meg One (former Soviet Union) seem to have taken the traditional Soviet state religion to the point where "God" has been replaced by the names of the ruling Diktatorat's members in the vernacular, like "in Bulgarin's name" or "Vlad knows".