Does every Christian on this spot have a problem with swearing?

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I'm so sorry to hear of your Dad's pain, and your loss :`( I totally agree on what your Dad 说 !

Thanks clarklover. Dad died almost 26 years ago, but he is very much missed.

mimifaith, thanks for your input. I feel its true 更多 often then not. If 你 just listen to some people and their endless stream of profanity, they really have no point to make. it's just noise.

I'm sorry but the whole words only have power if 你 give them power mindset is ridiculous IMO. Would 你 start calling black people niggers 或者 jewish people kites as a joke cause it's only rude if they take it personally? Words are here for a reason and each of them have meaning whether we want to admit it 或者 not. No offense to 你 at all, I just vehemenently disagree with 你 :) To say a word flippantly and disregarding its meaning is ignorant IMO. Would 你 tell a loved one they're absolute trash but say 你 actually mean they're amazing? Playing words up like they have no root meaning is opening up a can of worms to a world of problems in communication. I know I'm giving extravagant examples, but I hope 你 get what I'm saying. I get so annoyed when I hear those stupid songs where black guys are shouting "nigger" every other 秒 like it's nothing. They think they're taking the "power" away from the word? Please. They look ignorant, and not to mention politically retarded. The meaning behind the word will always be there whether they wanna play it up as nothing 或者 not. But that's just me :) Swear words are typically used in anger. So to answer the question, lol, I used to swear old school like the F word and so on and so forth. I'll slip a damn 或者 a crap in 由 accident once and a while but I"m really trying to just give glory to God as we're called to in EVERY situation. So I'm using words 更多 often like "mercy" 或者 "glory" instead of letting myself travel down the road of anger. I'm not saying bottle things up 或者 pretend you're happy. But I think any fellow blazing Christian can back me up when I say there is POWER in rejoicing in your trials; small 或者 big. I won't feed my anger - instead I'll practice holiness whole heartedly and it's amazing how much I've changed over the years and how I rarely get full out pissed off anymore, lol. God is good! So yeah, I'm not about to think throwing swear words for fun [not in anger] is nothing cause their meaning remains the same whether I wanna be ignorant to it 或者 not.

I think 你 misunderstood my statement, and perhaps I wasn't being clear - the power words have have been ascribed to them 由 people and society. Words are constantly evolving and changing based on usage. For example, words that used to be considered vulgar in the past (such as the word "burp," for instance) are now no longer so offensive. Similarly, words that were never offensive to anyone have now BECOME offensive based on how we, as a society have used and interpreted them (Consider how some people use "gay" as an insult, for example). The power that words have are within the control of the society that uses them - their power DOES lie entirely with how we use and interpret them, and this has been historically true for linguistics since the dawn of language. I'm not trying to imply that words aren't offensive, 或者 don't hold meaning, but meaning - and the power words hold - can and often do change as language and society evolves. That's just simple linquistics. We invent and reinvent words and language CONSTANTLY to apply to the times. Even racial slurs weren't ALWAYS considered slurs. As for the topic at hand - swear words - consider the history of most swear words, which were the language of the lower class, and were dubbed as "vulger" 由 the upper class who refused to use them. If 你 want to talk about the root meanings of words, look up the etymology of some of them. Often they arose out of non-offensive circumstances. And I'm sorry if my simple answer got 你 all worked up, but I stand 由 my statement.

I think perhaps Cinders was referring to how society in general interpretes words, not how one personally interpretes them. 你 说 that one can decide if getting punched is offensive 或者 not, but it's something completely different. Society has taken power away from some words (i.e. love) and 给 negative power to others ("that's so gay"). The reclamation of offensive words is part of how this system works. Just like the LGBTQ community has reclaimed "queer" and "dyke" to a certain extent, many black rappers are trying to reclaim "nigger". Have 你 heard of SlutWalk? That's reclamation of the word "slut". It's a community 或者 society infusing a word with a different sort of power. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

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Swear words were originally vulgar words. Like the F Word's origins are sexual in origin (speaks about fornication with the King's consent) & the S word means feces so using those words flippantly 或者 in anger is definitely not Christ like. We're called to rejoice in our trials. It's ok to get mad; pretending isn't gonna get us anywhere. But to use crass words is feeding that attitude. It's all about the 心 of the matter. Pray to God to give 你 strength and discipline with your words. I've been saying 'Mercy' a lot 更多 and 'Glory' here and there whenever I find myself in a frustrating situation. I'm still struggling wtih crap and damn. Once again, not a Christ like way to speak when 你 think about what those words mean. We're gonna slip up; we're human - it's expected. But just like any other sin, as long as you're repentful, you're living the Christian life my friend. Hope that helps.

Agreed. Definitely makes 你 look mentally delayed & without proper education. Vocabulary is a blessing - we need to respect and explore words for the sake of our own developmental health :P

Sometimes it isn't about the word's origin, but the use behind the word. For me, if the origin of the word is garbage, stay away from it; if the use of the word is garbage, STAY away from it, lol.