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 Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:39 am
is it a sin? i know that in the book of james it says that we should strive to have a clean tongue, but does what exactly does that mean?
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:16 pm
No idea what it means but personaly i use any word i see fit to express myself if those words happen to be considered vulgar so be it.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:26 pm
What makes cussing a sin is how it effects someone. If you offend someone by using those words then that would be a sin. If the people around you use that languge then its no big deal. The word itself is not a sin, its how you use it and how it affects someone that determines whether it is a sin or not.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:12 pm
I believe you are refering to Cursing... I have no problem with cursing to a small extent... (my co-workers are causing me to curse in my daily speech. I need to stop that...)
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:24 pm
Lithanus What makes cussing a sin is how it effects someone. If you offend someone by using those words then that would be a sin. If the people around you use that languge then its no big deal. The word itself is not a sin, its how you use it and how it affects someone that determines whether it is a sin or not. oh! that makes sense.
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Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:53 pm
Lithanus What makes cussing a sin is how it effects someone. If you offend someone by using those words then that would be a sin. If the people around you use that languge then its no big deal. The word itself is not a sin, its how you use it and how it affects someone that determines whether it is a sin or not. I gotta agree with Mr.Lithanus here. It's all about the effects on people's emotions.
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:49 pm
think of it this way
"did Jesus cuss
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:50 pm
fencing dude think of it this way "did Jesus cuss no, i don't think He did. but that's just my opinion.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:44 pm
I believe that under Christ, all things are lawful but cussing (or cursing) falls under the whole not all things are profitable. We are called to be different from the world. Most of our society thinks that cussing is wrong and we ruin our witness to those who think it is wrong. I dont mean to be pointing any fingers, I'm guilty of way worse things than cussing, but Lazarus, are you being separated unto God if you're cussing like the rest of the world?
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:48 pm
we also got to worry about offending our brothers and sisters in Christ, if my friends from church started cussing someone out, I'd be thrown for a loop... I'd know they were saved but my other brother or sister in Christ who didn't know them might be severly offended. also, I don't think cussing is a loving way to communicate, we serve the God who is love.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:21 pm
Very true, Samurai. The only time I really cuss is when I'm shocked or scared... caught off my guard. It's just not one of my bigger problems, mostly because I've come up with an interesting system to deal with it.
Saying "glockenspitshel blitzersnoozle" is a lot more fun than cussing, and calling someone you're angry with a "Sap-suckin'-son-of-a-seven-legged-saurian-sea-sow" can turn any arguement into a laugh fest (or at least conveniently disarm the anger and cause the other party to ask "Huh...what did you say......?")
As a side note to what you said, Daniel, about the verse in James-- there is another verse that speaks of a spring of water. It says (basically... I don't remember exactly where this one is) that no spring can put forth both fresh and salt water-- meaning that one person cannot both speak of the love of God and be vulgar and vile. It would be like shaking someone's hand and smacking them with the other... it's an impossible duality. I think it's much the same way with cussing.
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:18 am
I cuss when someone down right gets me aggitated to no end.
BUT I never ever cuss at my parents or any elder family relative, or teachers or adults in general. My friends and I substitute words like "Shnickerdoodle" or my friend Angel goes "Shingaminga!" When we were younger, but now we just cuss. =| It's not a bad habit, but we watch it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:33 pm
LynUridain Very true, Samurai. The only time I really cuss is when I'm shocked or scared... caught off my guard. It's just not one of my bigger problems, mostly because I've come up with an interesting system to deal with it. Saying "glockenspitshel blitzersnoozle" is a lot more fun than cussing, and calling someone you're angry with a "Sap-suckin'-son-of-a-seven-legged-saurian-sea-sow" can turn any arguement into a laugh fest (or at least conveniently disarm the anger and cause the other party to ask "Huh...what did you say......?") As a side note to what you said, Daniel, about the verse in James-- there is another verse that speaks of a spring of water. It says (basically... I don't remember exactly where this one is) that no spring can put forth both fresh and salt water-- meaning that one person cannot both speak of the love of God and be vulgar and vile. It would be like shaking someone's hand and smacking them with the other... it's an impossible duality. I think it's much the same way with cussing. i know of the verse with the sring. but what i got from it was that we can't do both at once; we must choose which one to do. that's what i got out of it, but the way you said it makes sense too. confused now i'm confused because i'm getting so many different opinions.
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:40 am
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