Do religious people avoid all exclamations that start with "holy"? [closed]

This might not be a question about the English language per se, but I’ll bite.

In Judaism and Christianity, among the 10 commandments are

• a prohibition to take or use God’s name in vain, and
• a prohibition to have or recognize other gods.

Profanity that refers to something or someone holy (e.g. “Holy Lord”, “Holy Jesus” for Christians) is arguably a violation of the former prohibition.

Profanity that calls something/someone that/who isn’t holy, holy (e.g. “Holy cow” for non-Hindus), is arguably a violation of the latter prohibition.

I added “arguably” both times because I don’t underestimate the inventiveness of exegetes and theologians to come up with all kinds of nuances, exceptions, alternative interpretations.

So, if

• a “religion” refers to a tradition that has these 2 prohibitions, and
• a “religious person” refers to someone who broadly follows these 2 prohibitions,

then yes, religious people will avoid such exclamations.

But since

• there are religions without these 2 prohibitions, and
• within the religions that have them, there are religious people those who will explain these prohibitions narrowly, or don’t always obey them,

the answer is no.

Ultimately, it’s a matter of theologic opinion.