Cussing, cursing, vulgarity, and just all around fowl language are basically unavoidable. It's been this way since words were invented. As someone who was raised that bad words are, well, bad words my mouth is generally pretty clean. But that doesn't mean that bad words have no place. Sometimes you just need a word to describe something and 'dang' just doesn't cut it. But bad words aren't meant to be taken lightly. Words carry weight. I know that sounds stupid but think about it. Every word you read has a meaning to it. You can change one word in a sentence and it will change it's whole meaning. I love you. I hate you. One word makes a whole lot of difference. Notice at the start I said a 'generally' clean mouth. I am no saint. But I know that; Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Proverbs 18:21. Your words are important and powerful, even if you don't think they are. One kind word or hateful comment can change even a stranger's entire day.
But it isn't enough to know that they're powerful. You also have to know their meanings. They are not just words used when you catch your toe on the kitchen table or lose your job. They have actual meanings and origins! That guy you just cussed out. You didn't just cuss him out. You literally damned him. You just said I damn you to hell! This is the same mouth you can cast demons out of! Your words hold a power you don't even understand and you can literally curse someone! Now don't get me wrong. God didn't give you the power to legit send someone's soul to hell, only he can do that. Fuck is pretty self explanatory. It means to have sex with someone, generally outside of marriage but this is yet another blog I need to add to my list.
Bitch is another one I hear all the time. But funnily enough I don't often hear it as an insult. It's more used like boys call other boys 'dude' or 'bro'. But the fact is it means to call someone a female breeding dog. You called a girl a worthless pet who's only use is to make babies. You are an asshole.
Speaking of assholes, it's one of those words that's not particularly horrible in meaning. You're just calling someone a butthole. Ass is another word for butt and Donkey so even though it's a mean thing to say it's logically not worse than calling someone a butthole. But it still has weight and shouldn't be said without reason.
Now I'm gonna say one that I just feel should be addressed but most people should know that this one is wrong and why. For those of you who need to know, NEVER use the word Nigger! I feel dirty even typing it! Google has deemed this word as too bad to give an autofill for! It's slang for 'negro' meaning black but it's meaning is way more than its definition. I'm not very well educated on the whole meaning myself but the term goes back to the American slave trade and refers to African-Americans as 'black cattle' in a sense. You see why this is a BAD term? This one is making me uncomfortable so I'm just gonna leave with 'nuf said. I'm sorry I had to bring it up
You hear people all the time saying 'don't take the Lord's name in vain' but this commandment means WAY more than we originally understood. First off it's main focus is not on the phrase 'oh my god'. It was meant to refer to false prophets, people who were preaching against what God's word says in His name.
Like they had His approval.
What God is saying here is that we shouldn't put His name on something without just cause. If I make a stripper club in the 'name of the lord' that's just insulting and misusing what He gave us. And before you read that last sentence and think 'wow God's touchy, I just hurt His feelings' think of who God is. He is Holy, Perfect, Omnipotent (all knowing), Omnipresent (all present), and literally so big that there is no word for how big he is, he just is. When asked by how to describe Himself He literally says I am; Exodus 3:14. He isn't just big, he isn't just powerful. He just IS. He has a right to be angry when you stick His name on something that He doesn't approve of to begin with!
The other reason we shouldn't use His name in vain is the term most of us know. These days the words 'oh my god' and 'jesus' are used too much. Stop with me for a second and think of a word... now say it outloud for 30 seconds or so. Does it lose some of it's weight? A banana doesn't really feel like a banana after the fiftieth time you've said it does it? The word god loses it's weight over time. I don't care if you're a Christian, atheist or another religion, that word means something. After the billionth time hearing 'jesus' it stops sounding like the saviour of the word and starts sounding like and expletive.These words aren't meant to be thrown around like bouncy balls, they're meant to stick. Meant to leave a lasting impact. Even if my meaning of the word is different from yours.
We use these the word god way too much.
It doesn't even begin to describe Him. That's not even His real name you know. The Israelites had a name for Him. It was only allowed to be spoken once a year by the High Priest, the top leader who would spend all year cleaning himself for the event. Now THAT is a powerful word! It's a word you have to spiritually and physically cleanse yourself to speak. It is literally awe-inspiring! In my heart I'm sorta glad it's been lost. If it were known today it might be disrespected just as other words have been. I feel like calling Him God is putting Him too small. Like He's some character from Supernatural that you can find some spell for and kill. On Supernatural it's actually not that hard to kill a god. I can tell you exactly how to 'kill' Zeus, You need a stake struck by lightning (A stake not a steak, we're not striking cows with lightning) and a nice sturdy pair of rubber soled boots. That's it! They make it seem almost easy.
Supernatural, however, has it all wrong. And I mean ALL of it but that's another post. God is so insanely big that it's laughable to think that you could so much as slightly irritate Him. Think of us as ants and God as the elephant. Only the elephant is bigger than the universe and we're still ant sized. So to use the word god so flippantly is absolutely horrifying and belittling of someone who can only be described as He Is.
Whew! That is enough typing for one day. If this blog perked your interest please let me know. And if you have anything you want me to talk about comment about it! I would love to hear from you! But for now it's TTFN. That's Ta Ta For Now!
