fishinnut said:
Smellin Coffee said:
I really don't have a problem with one cussing as long as it is not done with disrespect.
I couldn't cuss "at" somebody as I feel that would be wrong. Also, using cuss words as a part of ones regular vocabulary is just tacky, IMHO. But if one uses a cuss word purposely for emphasis (providing it doesn't take God's name in vain), or even if it slips out when one gets suddenly hurt, I don't have any issues with it.
So for me, it would depend on how Schaap's cussing was directed.
Chapter & verse please.
I will never get this thinking.....or lack of back-up for the testimony of a believer.
I work with people who pray out-loud when only God has the answer to life's tragedies & praise out-loud when He does answer, but cuss like a DI when things don't go their way. They are not reaching anyone for, teaching anyone about or beseeching anyone for the Lord Jesus.
James 1:26, James 3:10 & as has been quoted already Eph. 4:29 among many other verses & teachings on the tongue.
Show me the word "cussing" in Scripture.
Certainly, God uses human excrement to describe undesirable things, so don't try to even insinuate that He is wrong to do that.
To "swear" means: "to promise", so don't go there, either.
Nowhere does the Scripture tell us that certain words are off limits.
So when you say "chapter and verse", you better do your homework yourself.
Should we damn people?
No, but there is a lot more to putting a curse on someone, than saying the word.
Should we blaspheme?
Absolutely not!
Should we "cuss"?
Lol, only in certain parts of the USA, is this made up concept even an issue. It certainly isn't out West.