Phusebox

Language.

January 07 2007

So i'm almost positive every highschool christian has come across this. because especially in today's time, it'd be impossible not to. well, i guess homeschooling, okay but that's besides the point.

Friday i was faced with the question of "well, society tells us it's a bad word, but is it a "bad word" or is it just a word that has extreme passion behind it that people make to be a bad word?"

Well, i gave the boy Ephesians 4:29 it says "Do not use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good & helpful , so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them"

... Then he goes back to the question and says "well i understand abusive words, but foul language, how do you know what's a bad word?.. just because society tells us it is. "

and i don't know.. it just really threw me off. it's like.. for the first time in my life i was actually speechless. i had nothing to say.

But then i asked him "well. would you say those words in front of God?".. that kind of shut him up.

but i think i need to know more before i talk to him tomorrow.

help?

Super Ste

January 08 2007

wow. that's a tough one. i'd say it all boils down to personal morals. if you think a word is bad, then it is. but hey i give you props for getting as far as you did! good job. =D

Garrett Haynes

January 08 2007

ephesians 4:29 is a great reference for that. So good job on finding it. I think you pretty much answered your own question. In Christ, ~Garrett

i definitely struggle with that one. i mean, yeah saying that it's your choice is just like saying it's ok to make up your own truths. it's how you want it to be, not God. i think since those words were created and are said in ways that are supposed to be "bad" and definitely not helpful in any way.. so why try to justify your own want to say things, even if you are pissed/angry/joking, to make it okay, when He tells us to not use words that aren't an encouragement to anyone? i know there are a million reasons anyone could throw back at you to make you question why they are considered bad, but in the end.. i think you should think about what they were MADE to mean and not try to make excuses about how they could be used and what have you. i cussed at God when i was praying one time. i thought it was ok. i mean, "they're just words. i was angry. it's not a big deal." but.. i felt pretty bad after a couple days of denying that it actually was wrong. i know God's there for us to be real with Him and if we think it, why can't we say it? because saying it would be acting on the temptation to say things that aren't "good" and aren't "helpful" and definitely make you like jesus in any way, shape, or form. those are just my thoughts. i have the whole cussing at God thing on my myspace, in one of my blogs somewhere. if you were even interested. p.s. don't get legalistic even if your friend does. that's not the point, as you know.