Expletive or Euphemism (Part II)

The choice between euphemism and expletive was discussed in an earlier post, but since that time a need arises for further exploration. To begin, is there a difference between a curse word and a cuss word? If so, just what makes one different from the other? Is there a source where a list for cuss words is compared to curse words? The next issue to rise up in this discussion thread is actually limited to blasphemy. While cussing or cursing can also be blasphemy, what happens if the user is an atheist? When an atheist, who doesn’t believe in God, says Goddamn, is that blasphemy or cussing? Then there is the issue of the agnostic. Perhaps the agnostic is required to put a question mark after the word God like, God? Damn! In that case, sometimes it could be considered cussing and sometimes not. And, what about the choice of a euphemism such as, gosh darn-it? Does intent matter? After all, if the intent was to accent frustration is what one thinks more or less important than the actual words that are muttered? Another consideration to ponder involves people of the Jewish or Muslim faith. For those followers of the Semitic religions, is Jesus Christ! swearing or being blasphemous? To this group, Jesus is not part of their worship practice so how does the use of that word qualify as cussing? One other point regarding Jesus. The language spoken in the region inhabited by Jesus and spoken at the time he was alive, Aramaic, had unique characteristics. For one thing it was not a written language during the life of Jesus so anything he was reputed to have said could only be oral history without any written corroboration. More importantly, even to this day, when it has since become a written language as well as a spoken language, there is no sound in Aramaic that approximates the English letter J. In other words, in his native language, Jesus could not have been named Jesus nor Joseph named Joseph. There was no J! This startling fact leads to the final question: If Jesus was not named Jesus, can Jesus Christ! be blasphemous; and if so, why?