The Chapel - Rediscovering God Changes Everything.

If the OMG here is shorthand for “Oh my God!” then it is blasphemy.  People say, “Jesus Christ” with no idea that Jesus is more than a cuss word.  What is offensive in disobeying the commandment not to take the name of the Lord our God in vain is that it makes the name of Godvain or ‘meaningless’.  In other words the reverence, holiness, and awe of God evaporate and are replaced by hot air.  The awesome creator of the universe is reduced in our conversation to something like “Argh!” “Ugh!” or “Bother!”  To reduce God to nothing in our words results in him being reduced to nothing in our world. 

If someone who says that they are a Christian is using “OMG!” it would be loving and kind to gently ask them why they are saying it.  You might point out that “Ugh!” or “Argh!” would be more fitting.  However, you can’t expect lapsed or non-believers to give value to a name that is meaningless to them.  If you know them well, you might share that God is everything to you and their actions cause you pain.  However, we do not control the actions of others.  With some who think God is a joke or worse, raising the offense will lead to more blasphemy.