Yes, while many believe them to be okay to use in certain settings only, I do not consider them bad words, and they should be fine to use anytime, and am sort of irked that whoever made them bad did.
I think they'd work just fine as normal casual words besides their scientific meanings.
Like, if you were to say it in a place normally inappropriate, like a church:
You: Praise the fucking Lord! Amen!
Priest: You're damn right, praise the fucking lord!
Trust me, I know how dumb that looks, but I see no problem with it. I just think they could be used normally and casually, but because of some person(s) however long ago, they are now bad. Makes no sense to me.