Profanity is often referred to as "mature" language. Yet we've all heard children use these words. Are these kids more mature than their peers? Hardly. It is immature language because:
--cussers don't care if they bother others (in this, they are on a level with those who pass gas, loudly chew gum, or burp in public),
--cussers usually don't even use profane words according to their definitions, and
--cussers often trivialize and disrespect the names and titles of the awesome and wonderful Lord of Lords.
I don't misuse the names of your loved ones; please don't do so to the one I love more than anyone else.
Everything in this article thus far is also in my other blog, http://jgapinoy.blogspot.com, which is aimed at the general public. The reason I bring it up in this blog--aimed at the Church--is because of the phenomenon of "Christian cussing". Do you use slang words that were invented for the sole purpose of sounding like the cuss words you condemn? I used to, but God convicted me about it, and I made an effort to stop. At first it was an effort--I actually had to think of ways to express myself properly. Now it is no effort at all. Please consider what I'm saying, and give it a try.
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