tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676228612840808018.post2854115251641017479..comments2022-11-24T02:57:25.413-06:00Comments on Come Lord Jesus: Cussing 2guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05548883062420560488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676228612840808018.post-65658257692751899092010-08-30T11:38:03.373-05:002010-08-30T11:38:03.373-05:00Josephus,
i realize now that I've ordered my ...Josephus,<br /><br />i realize now that I've ordered my posts rather poorly. i probably wouldn't disagree with any of your comment. The problem is it presupposes a certain definition of "cussing" that i don't intend in my writing. By cussing, i don't mean to include crude sexual reference or blasphemy or slander. (All of those can be achieved without the use of any 'naughty' words at all.) i mean a mere list of words. <br /><br />Based on passages like Phil 3:8 or 1King 16:11 KJV, i think our uneasiness over mere words reveals more about our cultural prejudices than our keen moral sensibilities.<br /><br />--guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548883062420560488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676228612840808018.post-20495755082441773712010-08-30T11:15:51.511-05:002010-08-30T11:15:51.511-05:00Being inured to bad behavior is not a solution. It...Being inured to bad behavior is not a solution. It's a capitulation.<br /><br />There are lots of other behaviors we find to be offensive and we don't ignore them. I would also mention that much of the cursing out there is also blasphemy. Scripture has a lot to say about that. For those curses that involve sexual behavior, they also has a lot to say about sexual impropriety and the allowance for those acts. Psalm 1 would seem to give counsel on this.<br /><br />Christ didn't go the prostitute and say keep selling yourself, to the tax collector to keep skimming off the top, to the money changers to keep working in the temple... he was willing to speak with them, but he spoke the truth in love.Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.com