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So I have been a church goer all my life. As a kid it was not always
voluntary, but daddy said, 'you will go to church.' I don’t think it warped my
mind. At least that is NOT what warped
my mind, however, my mind is not as warped as Victor over in the UK who said he once had
a watch so old that it was a sundial. ;-O
My mama would use a hickory switch if she heard me say ‘Durn’ or even ‘Shoot’,
if it was out of context. You are just substituting slang for the ‘bad’
words. It was not necessarily cussing, but
that using ‘bad’ words was wrong.
We attended a non denominational
church service a few days ago. It is
said to be VERY CONSERVATIVE. Most of the attendees are recovering from drug
and alcohol addiction.
But during the sermon the pastor said, “Some things piss me off!” I wasn’t
floored. Hey, I was a sailor, BUT my dad was also a preacher and I never heard
him say that even OUT of the pulpit. I smiled to myself and justified it as the
pastor trying to reach men who were never church goers. I just hoped he did not go further and he did
not.
Shucks language is a lot worse in movies and even on TV now than in the
past. I have even heard ministers recommend a movie and say, “Now you will have
to ignore some bad language!” WHAT?
There was a time that mostly men used foul language, but now it seems that some ladies want equal time. Do you ever look for supplements or vitamins
in a large store where they have at least a million different containers of the
stuff. My girl takes Ginger Root daily and I was trying to find some for her a couple
days ago. It is sorta like an Easter Egg
Hunt. There was a nice looking lady beside me and dropped the ‘F’ bomb twice as
she tried to find something. I started to
say, “PARDON ME?” but I didn’t want to get hurt! ;-)
Have you noticed a lowering of standards in our language? And I bet you never
heard the Piss word in church.
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9 comments:
You make a good point, Jack. We never had any swearing in our family as I grew up. Standards have fallen a lot over the years. Not just language but also behaviour and attitudes. People seem to be more selfish these days.
God bless you and your family.
Like you, swearing was condemned. I heard some farmers paint the air blue when something went wrong. but, me? As a Sunday School teacher, church pianist, teacher, swearing was unknown to me. Now? I have decided to do some swearing now and then. Mild stuff. Just to give me a giggle.
Yes! Like your upbringing, my parents never permitted that sort of language. Oh, I remember my dad exclaiming on occasion, "Son of a biscuit!" (and) I always wondered what was so awful about a piece of baked dough. Later, when I left home there were certain words that snuck in my vocabulary. Mother: "You weren't raised that way." It still makes me giggle to remember the comedian who said, "Sh*t is the same as 'shoot' only with a different vowel."
The "F" word? My last (female) boss and her right-hand used it like I use commas. It never occurred to me to be offended, but disappointed. Vulgarity's become so acceptable, no matter what one's age.
In our sermon this week - I heard the perfect explanation of sin and times changing.
He said that over the years people have changed what is sin and what isn't sin. They are changing how serious it used to be.
But he said - Jesus never changes and what sin then is sin now.
I hate foul language in movies.
I watch the oldies but goodies.
I was raised the same way and tried to teach my children the same too. But as they are older now, there language isn't very good. They do tone it down when I'm around, but I know that they use bad words.
I can't believe the words I hear out in public and from some young kids.
We don't even go to the movies!!
MOTHER OF PEARL! 🤬
We were not allowed to say “gosh!” And I got a spanking for saying butt one time. Not sure why it was out of context.
I remember when we were young, barely listening to the pastor, when he would say Hell, or Ass we would sure pick up on the word and giggle.
Lisa
Got caught up on the past few weeks Blogs, always love the stories!!
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