darth_ender said:
Or saying things like G-D- shouldn't offend, never mind that one is literally cursing God for whom many have immense respect and love.
I've never taken the curse that way. It sounds to me like a call for God to damn whatever the speaker's cursing against. If they were really damning God, the two words would be swapped around.
Of course, I do understand that devoted Christians would still dislike the curse even if used in the context I understand it in.