So a friend of mine posted a blog with that title "Cussing, A sin or not?" and I want to know what everyone out here feels about this subject. His blog got pretty heated to say the least. But he was forcing his opinion on the reader, not the proper way to be when asking people their opinions. Anyways lets just say he lost that battle with the people who voiced their opinions.
If you are a religious person then state your religion and those beliefs in correlation with your religion.
If you aren't religious then just state your opinion and your reasoning.
Thanks in advance for helping me see what the general voice is on the subject!
I do not think cussing is a sin, but then again, I'm not Christian either. Yes, there are more effective ways of getting your point across than to curse like a sailor. But, I don't personally find that the words are all that vulgar unless using them as a derogative statement towards someone else. I'd be much more offended by some of the words that aren't considered curse words that people toss around... generally words to describe one group or another. A lot of people won't cuss, but they sure have no qualms about throwing those words around.
Thanks for your input!
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The Bible said something about not cussing--I just don't know where.
It has less to do with it being a sin than annoying. Cussing is acceptable when it's not overdone, but when a fourteen-year-old (or even a nineteen-year-old) intends to prove her maturity by saying "fuck" or something of the variation in her every other sentence, she needs to find a better way.
I am not apart of any religious affiliations, nor am I anti-religious, I think it has it's places, just not with me, not right now anyways.
In regards to cussing, I can name almost any of them and tell you what they mean, and it really isn't a sin, I think I will go ahead a list a few for you now:
Ass: Well known actually, means Donkey.
Cunt: Acronym, Can't Understand Normal Thinking. Is this a sin? Last time I checked, people helped people that were 'below average.'
Fuck: Acronym Fornication under command of King. This is a midevil (sp..) term, and actually has some interesting research behind it if one wants to do the research.
Damn: Beaver damn, Water damn, these weren't bad things last time I checked as well.
If we really wanted to, we could make any word into a 'cuss word.' I mean think of any acronym or word (that has more than one meaning) that people use often, and is a pretty generic word, and vwalah, we have a new 'cuss word.'
Anyways, those are my thoughts.
The last time I checked cunt meant vagina. It may also be the acronym but I am not sure. However, cunt is a vulgar word, and degrades women to the lowest level possible, and yes it is offensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Offensive, yes, but sometimes the C-word is the best way to describe a someone.
I dont think anybody deserves that kind of vulgar comments.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
Clearly you have never met me in person. ;)
WELL! I believe in speaking my mind, but not that bluntly.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
Nice one Rachel. Personally I think Cunt is invaluable to my voculary. As is, cunting, cuntish and cunt-like, or that rare old Irish beauty: "bastarding cunt". Nobody uses the word cunt more effectively than, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English people.
To be honest, I think people who get offended by 'cuss' words, need to get it together, there are so many things, which are far more worthy of your offence than the chosen adjectives and nouns a person employs to express themselves, like what they are expressing for instance.
It's beaver dam and water dam... No 'n' on the end:)
F.U.C.K. does not stand for Fornication Under Command of the King.
It either stands for, Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, or For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Most likely the latter, as it was a mark placed on the cells of rapists in the middle ages.
Cussing isn't a sin... it's improper and not appropriate when said in front of specific parties (i.e. parents and childern). Every language has specific words that are not deemed as formal language and considered foul. So certain curse words are language and culture specific. So is it a sin? Depends on the context.
I am a spiritual person, a Roman Catholic. I don't think my religion has anything to do with this topic. I, personally, feel that cursing is just a lazy way to voice your opinion. It shows the lack of vocabulary you have.
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I love that whole 'lack of vocabulary' line. I call bullshit on that for a start. Have you ever checked out the amount of supposed 'cuss' words that exist in the English language? Do you know all of them, your vocabulary must be huge, if you find that number limiting.
As far as I'm concerned there is no such thing as 'swear words', only bad communication. It is not the words which should matter, but what's being said.
For instance, if I choose to insert the odd fuck here and there in casual conversation, like say 'Your home is fuckin beautiful', I see it to be infinitely less offensive, than somebody saying to me in response "Would you mind not swearing", because my communication was only intended as positive, with 'fuckin' inserted to replace 'very', which would not convey the extent of how beautiful I found the home to be. The correction of my swearing, only says that they are less concerned with my opinion, or the fact that I have complimented them and their home, but are more interested in correcting the manner in which I choose to speak.
As far as cussing being sinful, I don't believe in sin, that's just fuckin silly.
I curse like a sailor. It may not be very lady-like, but I'm all about breaking down stereotype barriers. However, I don't think it's proper to swear in certain circumstances: work, around religious types; there are always other words that are just as effective. However, wholly replacing words like "buns" for "ass" (like "kiss my buns" or "you're a bunshole") becomes just as detrimental to one's aims as the word it is replacing.
I hope I'm not the only one that thought of "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain"? Granted, I'm not religious (existentialist, actually) or even all that spiritual, but it's the first thing that popped into my head. One may say that implies I'm arguing that at least saying "god damnit" or "oh my god" is bad, but no. I don't think cussing is a "sin" even more than I believe wearing clothes made of two fabrics is a sin. To me, that commandment more applies to people who say idiotic things like, "God hates faggots." Since when do people truly know God's mind?
Anyway, despite my talking, I'm actually agnostic in nature. I just thought I'd mention that point.
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."
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How about, found a reasonable reason as to why we should avoid cussing. In the same respect, we should avoid doing or saying anything that could hinder a person's relationship with God. Which if we look as cussingas a sin. You also have to look at those that support this sin as sinners.
If you go anywhere, do anything, say you listen to music groups that curse, go to parties... The list is endless, but if you do anything, or support those that do and it causes someone to stumble in their faith with God, you are sinning. It is this action, causing someone to stumble in their faith with God, that would make cussing a sin.
As a Christian, there are high standards that you need to set yourself at. You do need to watch what you do, what you say, what you listen to, and who your actions affect and how those people are affected. If you are a true christian, then you will put others before yourself and you will stop what you want to do in order for someone to gain something more from the situation.
Causing someone to stumble or fall in their faith is the sin. So the next time that you yell at someone, or make fun of them, or talk behind their back, or even don't talk to them at all, just realize that through your action... as a Christian, you are now responsile for portraying God through yourself to everyone.
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that's a better response and reasoning then you had last time!! geez!! about time!! Somebody told you what was up!! Thanks by the way!
No, no it's not. It is in fact offensive and at times derogatory nevertheless a way of expressing our anger and discomfort.
Of course there is other ways of dealing with anger, but who am I to say how people should deal with their emotions?
i agree and thing that it is uneccessary to use foul language. Not only does it show a persons ignorance and lack of a proper vocabulary, it shows a disrespect for the people around them.
I disagree that it would show disrespect to those around you. I think it mainly depends on the context it is being used in.
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I never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
I don't think that cursing is a sin. Alot of people do it, almost everyone you know does. You may not know they do, but once in a while everyone says a little Hell or Damn. Ofcourse, it is a little inappropriate at some moments, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Alot of older people will for some unknown reason. I don't know why they think it is so bad, but no one really has to care what they think anyway, right? :). But truthfully, just like other comments have said, I am not a Christian either, I am Agnostic. Therefore, I just take the free will to say anything I want. Of Course, I have enough sense to keep it appropriate. Usually, if you have the urge to curse it is best to do it around your friends that curse, therefore no one will mind you cursing. But anyways, No, I don't think it is.