DISCLAIMER: The very easily offended may be offended by portions of this post. It is not my intent to offend you, so, sorry if it does. But, you have been warned.<\/p>\n
So, the other day I said I was going to write a post\u2026 and that said post would be something that probably most everyone who reads the site would not agree with me on. There is one person who has been complaining at me about how I haven\u2019t made said post yet\u2026 so I am here writing it now. That\u2019s right, my friend, THIS is that post.<\/p>\n
Before I begin discussing that which I really want to post about, I want to preface this with a bit of what my purpose in posting this is. And that is this: I like to have solid reasons behind things. I like debates and such, discussion with people with whom I disagree, etc. It helps to determine what you really believe and why you believe it. As an easily understood example, take the matter of, say, murder. Murder is a sin. Why is murder a sin? The answer to that question is easily understood, in the horrible outcomes of it, etc. I do not believe murder is a sin solely because that is what I interpret the bible to mean when I read \u201cThou shall not kill.\u201d Note that this could also be interpreted to mean that it is a sin to kill at all, including in such things such as war, which, I do not think the Bible teaches. So please do not soley quote bible verses in response to this\u2026 you can quote them, and you should quote them, but please be able to support your view with actual reasons, because honestly, I already know the bible verses you are going to quote (for the most part, at least) and I do not feel that they mean what you feel that they mean.<\/p>\n
This post is on the matter of cursing. Cussing. Swearing. Whatever you want to call it. Is it wrong? Why or why not? If it is wrong, how big of a deal is it? Are you a horrible Christian if you swear?<\/p>\n
One site that I went to a few days ago, and which was in fact a partial part of the inspiration for this post, because I couldn\u2019t believe someone actually wrote something so stupid, said that they couldn\u2019t even see a reason to curse, because \u201cthere is a substitute for every curse word there is.\u201d Yes, it\u2019s true, there are substitutes, and Christians use them all the time, guilt-free. But just think about that for a second. These are substitutes. Please establish for me the difference between fricking and fucking which causes the first to be perfectly acceptable and the latter to be sin. How about crap and shit? Dang and damn? Butt and ass? I really am curious to know the answer to this question, if anyone could please enlighten me. The author of the site I mentioned earlier conceded hat the meanings of said \u201ccurse words\u201d were typically stronger emotion, but that they otherwise meant the same thing. <\/p>\n
How about words that USED to be considered curse words, but now are not, at least not by the average person. These words include \u201csuck\u201d, \u201cpiss\u201d, and even the now acceptable for Christian use \u201ccrap\u201d. So at what point did it STOP being a sin to use these words, and at what point will other words cease to be unacceptable? Who decides this said point?<\/p>\n
Onto a point that I touched on earlier. What actually makes a swear word a bad thing to say? I can say that premarital sex is wrong, because I can see the negative effects it has, and I could list off many reasons why. I can do the same with lieing, or with stealing, or with murdering, etc. I cannot do that with cursing. I do not know what negative effects cursing has. You could argue that cursing can be hurtful to a person, such as if someone were to say \u201cfuck you\u201d, but this is not the word that is the sin, but rather the attitude of hate in the person who has said it. Calling a driver who cuts you off a moron is no better then calling him a fucking idiot. I guarentee that your heart is the same in both instances. So what negative effects does it have? Does it offend you? I find that the only people it really offends are Christians. Why does it offend you? Can you give me legitimate reasons?<\/p>\n
Another argument that I often hear, though it is not really support for swearing being a sin, but rather a discouragement from swearing, is that swearing makes you sound like an idiot. This is a statement that can be true, but I also think that sometimes someone could look like an idiot by not swearing. Come on, you know you\u2019ve seen a movie with the words edited and it sounds ridiculously stupid without the proper word. You know you\u2019ve seen some kind of Christian production where it sounded real cheesy. Swearing makes you sound dumb if you don\u2019t understand how to properly use the English language. If every other word out of your mouth is a swear word, then yeah, you\u2019re going to sound like an idiot. Swear words really aren\u2019t designed to be used all the time. They carry with them connotations of extreme emotion, etc. Swear words are very strong words. Strong words should be used reservedly.<\/p>\n
I could probably write more on this, but it is getting late and so since I have finished my train of thought I am going to stop. It\u2019s already fairly long, anyway. Please respond to this, tell me what you really think. I am not above changing my mind on this view if someone were to display to me a legitimate reason why swearing is a sin. But for those of you who may worry about this, I don\u2019t really swear anyway. On occasion, yes, but certainly not on a regular basis. I don\u2019t have the need for it that much, and due to my conditioning of not swearing, I most often find myself using those substitutes. And please, speaking of that, don\u2019t use substitutes if you think swearing is a sin. Because if it\u2019s a sin to swear, it\u2019s a sin to use a word that means the exact same thing too.<\/p>\n
Godspeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DISCLAIMER: The very easily offended may be offended by portions of this post. It is not my intent to offend you, so, sorry if it does. But, you have been warned. So, the other day I said I was going to write a post\u2026 and that said post would be something that probably most everyone … Continue reading <\/span>