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It’s not just Christians. Society as a whole has moral codes pertaining to profanity. If you don’t think so, try cussing out your boss or a policeman, and see how that goes.
AR: I'm speaking to the really foul language folks use in the world here, and not the harmless cultural accepted language or jargon that is not intended to harm or create discord. ....
Please, forgive me, sister. I should have refrained from pontificating.
Well, the scripture I quoted applies to any words we speak, and if you can’t spell out words you’re talking about because they offend some people, what’s the point to this silly thread?? :)
This Christian doesn't make a big deal over it. Though I will say being in the vicinity of someone who is unable to speak a cogent sentence and to remedy their disability interject expletive after expletive is grating.
I take things into context. For instance, and older women may know of what I speak, years ago someone referred to me by the dread C word.
Ewwww! I know women that will throw a punch in a heartbeat if someone says that to them.
Me? I laughed by backside off. ( I say the A word but not here).
Here's why.
I'm female. (Context, remember? ;) ) That C word is what makes me uniquely empowered as the giver of life! And that positions me and that C word of mine in a place of honor and by God himself. Were it not for me and my sisters of the C word there would be no M words to make such absurd remarks they're of that wrong headed opinion should offend us.
BTW, I was asked why the H word I was laughing so hard by the M word that used the C word intending it as an insult. (I can't be insulted. I give no one the power to take me out of my peace of mind and sense of assurance in Christ through the use of their hatred spoken aloud).
I explained to him what I posted here.
As for the other expletives? Used them all. When I get mad over something I get over rather quickly when I vent in that way. No, not in public. To myself, or aloud alone in my car.
God inspired the invention of the "Dammit Doll". That poor little thing wishes it had never seen me coming. LOL!
Can't be offended by the B word either. I take it as an acronym of self assurance. Blessed In The Christ Holy.
You lost me with all the C's and M's and whatnot. XD
Want to see someone really get mad when they're making a concerted effort to make you mad through their words or actions? Strip their hate filled words of their power. What are words anyway but that which we give meaning to in the utterance of them?
Here's a great solution if someone flips you the bird. I did this. I had a woman in Florida years ago chase me for 8 blocks waving her little bird, trying to get me to respond in an angry way so that she'd be satisfied for having flipped me off. In the course of her pursuit she almost rear ended two cars and nearly sideswiped a bus in order that she and her little birdie could continue to wave and say "hi".
What did I do to garner such attention?
I applauded, then waved, all the while smiling as broad as my cheeks would allow.
Besides, when I see someone flip me off I hear this little kid voice comedian Robin Williams (God rest you sir) used when he'd say, "I'm this many!"
Makes me smile every time. :)
Perhaps it is a matter of forum rules against profanity?
Yeah, best to commit small sins instead of big ones! ;)
The C is that which I cannot post. It is a four letter expletive that refers to what is otherwise known as, Vagina.
It seems to be largely a matter of culture, since there are many languages that have only one word for nearly everything. I do believe that every Christian should aim to avoid the common or profane words and even thoughts. But obsession with such things likely profit nothing.
