I have been thinking about profanity a lot lately. I have searched the forums, but I have found a lot of old threads filled with what seems to me to be illogical posts. I decided to start a new thread to get most of what I am thinking out of the way first, so that I hopefully won't have to deal with a lot of illogical nonsense.
I do not cuss. I have been taught my whole life that cussing is wrong. The American society, in general, says that it is wrong. We can see that in the fact that there are television censors. But, why are certain words wrong to even mention?
A lot of people will say that words have bad meanings, and therefore we must not use them. That is not usually absolute. For example, most people are lax with the word ****. **** means feces, dung, whatever. It is often used to express anger, pain, surprise, etc. It seems to have at least those two meanings, and neither one seem to be bad. We all, as humans, have to use the bathroom to rid ourselves of waste - ****. We all feel anger, pain, etc., and we all have our ways of expressing that. Some people do this by mentioning the word ****. Some people mention a less tolerated word that begins with an S. This "S word" also means feces, dung, etc. Why is considered more wrong? Why do people get upset at even the mentioning of the word when they say that the meaning is what is bad?
Many Christians will quote Bible verses that tell us to rid ourselves of filthy language, not to have evil talk, and to avoid godless chatter. Nowhere in the Bible, however, does it say that certain words are bad. Who said that even the mention of certain words is filthy? It seems to be our culture who is illogically saying that some words are just bad to mention.
I have seen other posts on this site saying things like, "Would you talk to God like that?" and, "Do you feel guilty about using those words?" These are not fair questions for some. I used to feel extremely guilty to even hear certain words. That was so just because my parents taught me that they were wrong. A person who does not know English would not feel guilty about hearing English cuss words. The question about using the words with a conversation with God can be answered the same way - if you were taught that those words were wrong you might feel bad about using them before God. If they are wrong to use, you shouldn't use them before God (we are before God all the time, anyways...but that's beside the point). If they are not wrong, it should not matter if you used them while talking to God.
What do you think? If I have already stated a response to what you are going to say, please do not waste your time unless you are going to add something new. I do not want to go in circles with this.
Thanks.
I do not cuss. I have been taught my whole life that cussing is wrong. The American society, in general, says that it is wrong. We can see that in the fact that there are television censors. But, why are certain words wrong to even mention?
A lot of people will say that words have bad meanings, and therefore we must not use them. That is not usually absolute. For example, most people are lax with the word ****. **** means feces, dung, whatever. It is often used to express anger, pain, surprise, etc. It seems to have at least those two meanings, and neither one seem to be bad. We all, as humans, have to use the bathroom to rid ourselves of waste - ****. We all feel anger, pain, etc., and we all have our ways of expressing that. Some people do this by mentioning the word ****. Some people mention a less tolerated word that begins with an S. This "S word" also means feces, dung, etc. Why is considered more wrong? Why do people get upset at even the mentioning of the word when they say that the meaning is what is bad?
Many Christians will quote Bible verses that tell us to rid ourselves of filthy language, not to have evil talk, and to avoid godless chatter. Nowhere in the Bible, however, does it say that certain words are bad. Who said that even the mention of certain words is filthy? It seems to be our culture who is illogically saying that some words are just bad to mention.
I have seen other posts on this site saying things like, "Would you talk to God like that?" and, "Do you feel guilty about using those words?" These are not fair questions for some. I used to feel extremely guilty to even hear certain words. That was so just because my parents taught me that they were wrong. A person who does not know English would not feel guilty about hearing English cuss words. The question about using the words with a conversation with God can be answered the same way - if you were taught that those words were wrong you might feel bad about using them before God. If they are wrong to use, you shouldn't use them before God (we are before God all the time, anyways...but that's beside the point). If they are not wrong, it should not matter if you used them while talking to God.
What do you think? If I have already stated a response to what you are going to say, please do not waste your time unless you are going to add something new. I do not want to go in circles with this.
Thanks.
I felt no pain until about the 3rd week and bleeding was slow and minimal. It was a very bad wound, but God protected me and comforted me and all without saying anything dirty or obscene! Try it, it works!
