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I mean it does count not only the fact that you use it, but if it's also serving as a stumbling-block for others. We are commanded to both Love God and love others as yourself, so also thinking about if you would be ok if someone calling you the words you called them, is also another way to check your heart. You can't curse man and then love God. So if you know the person is offended by it, or you're in an environment that you know its normally seen as a curse, and you still continue to do it without a heart of repentance, then God wouldn't be pleased.
Again, I agree for those exact reasons when using it as a curse. I also agree with the reasoning of "not being a stumbling block" by using them in even a non-cursing exclamatory way. The words aren't part of my vocabulary.
But, I work with boys and others who use them. There are so many places within the american culture where certain words are considered vulgar. But, there are many others where they aren't and are actually considered normal. My concern is that when we attribute personal cultural preference to God's preference, we can also alienate people and be a stumbling block in that way.
Paul talked about Peter playing the hypocrite, because he would eat with the gentiles unless James and the crew from Jerusalem were around. Peter's normal audience was the Jews. So, when the whole crew was together, he was a stumbling block for the Jewish believers if he didn't separate and a stumbling block for the gentile believers if he did separate. Talk about a rock in a hard place (pun intended).
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