What non-religious expressions can I use instead of "Thank God"? [closed]

I'll give an example to help:

Someone suffered a car accident, but physically the person is OK. So I say, "Thank God, they are fine."

Solution 1:

If you want to express thanks to a "higher power" but want to name it something other than God, (or God-related, like "thank heavens" "praise the lord", "lord have mercy" "hallelujah" etc.) you could say "thank goodness". "Goodness" can mean more than just lucky happenstance in that situation.

If you want to just say that it is fortunate she was not injured, due to nothing more than the particulars of the accident, you could say "thank her lucky stars" or "thankfully, she was not hurt".

I interpret many insurance accident claims phone calls, and I've noticed that most insurance company accident claims processors will avoid faith-based terms by expressing their own relief to know that no one was injured with statements like, "I'm glad to hear no one was hurt," "I'm sorry for your experience, but it's so fortunate that there were no injuries," "what a relief to know everyone is okay."

I agree with many that "thank God" is used ubiquitously, regardless of faith, religion, or spirituality.

Solution 2:

Thank goodness

I am pleased or happy

The Free Dictionary

Solution 3:

Replacing "thank god" with thankfully should work in all cases. Otherwise:

It's a relief that... / I'm glad that...

Solution 4:

Depending on the people and setting, this is a favourite vulgar expression of mine...

Thank fuck for that!

Maybe just a British thing?