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\nthose of you new to this sight and are lifelong Christians, I’ll wait while you
\nhave sufficiently picked yourself up off the floor and taken some nitro
\ncapsules for the near heart attack brought on by your reading of the word “jackass”
\nin a Christian website.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ncolumn has one rule, only the truth is important, because truth is designed to
\nrenew our minds from error, which for Christians usually results in legalism.
\nThe truth is calling someone a jackass isn’t a curse word any more than calling
\nsomeone a pig or chicken is. Sure it CAN <\/i>be
\nused as a malicious verbal attack but I am assuming you have a dictionary and
\nif so look up the definition before you throw stones. For those of you who
\ndon’t have a dictionary and are Christians, you may have already trained
\nyourself not to think deeper but instead to have others think for you which is
\nnot only a sin but should be illegal and grounds for excommunication and\/or a
\nreturn to the tried and true biblical motivational tool of stoning.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nreason I believe there is a season for using harsher words to drive home a
\npoint is because Jesus did it. Jesus referred to Pharisees as a “generation of
\nvipers” which means either “sons of snakes” or “snakes”. Did Jesus curse? No.
\nApparently using metaphors to describe a sinful act or behavior is ok by God.
\nCan you honestly reason that calling me a snake is less insulting than a
\ndonkey?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nallows us, when trained, to hear someone out and evaluate concepts before our
\ntraditional, usually denominational filters kick in. There are words that are
\nspoken only as an insult when the word isn’t inherently insulting. What IS
\ninsulting is what the word represents<\/i>.
\nI’ll bring up the word “bastard” as a perfect example because I read that Clay
\nAiken inseminated someone, more than likely a woman, and she had a baby. Progeny
\nthat came from the process of insemination without the marriage commitment USED
\nto be called bastards.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nwas a stigma that was supposed to shame the inseminator and inseminate-e to do
\nthe right thing and get married and raise the child responsibly. In other
\nwords, words, <\/i>were supposed to carry
\nweight and at times shock and disturb so as to have some shot at affecting
\nchange.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nlike adultery, whore, bigamist and secular humanist were all designed to shock
\nand shame us into remembrance of our sinful nature. Even the word “bitch” which
\nis still used daily in any kennel in the world to describe a female dog would
\nstill cause outrage if used in the Christian church community even if used in context<\/b>! <\/span><\/p>\n
\nreason some words are vanishing is not because of the church and all its
\nholiness. It’s dying by decree of the politically correct that realized if you stigmatize
\nthe power of a word instead of the person’s behavior, you then magically make
\nthe act or behavior no longer outrageous.<\/span><\/p>\n
\na “bastard” now becomes your choice. I mean why judge the child right? It’s not
\ntheir fault they’re a bastard so lets just say it doesn’t matter and be done
\nwith it. While we are at it though it would really<\/i>
\nhelp to make good words bad.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nnow is the equivalent of bastard since it is sexist and oppressive to believe
\nthat a man must be involved in a child’s life to make it legitimate. I believe
\nin the power of words. I have made my living as a comic for 20 years by NOT
\nusing curse words as in the case of comedy I believe it is overused and a
\ncrutch often times for poor uncreative writing.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nonly in specific gatherings (men only, trusted friends, hardened hearts) that I
\nmay at times use harsh words like jackass for example specifically to drive
\nhome a point that I know will be more expedient and forceful in delivering the
\ntruth, just like Jesus did. That’s what words are for! If I was to say to
\nsomeone that being a legalist makes you a self-righteous jackass, I believe the
\nshoe fits.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nword demands they evaluate their behavior or worldview then it is changing
\ntheir life to drive them deeper to Christ. I also believe, as did Jesus
\napparently, that it is being done in love. The best kind of love mind you,
\ntough love. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nby the way, is how we are expected to communicate; it’s not a suggestion, it’s
\na command. It is time for true believers to learn the spiritual habit of always
\njudging words by context, not content.<\/span><\/p>\n
\neverything is expedient. Certainly I would never use crass expletives,
\nobscenities, blasphemy or profanities, my point is that often Christians have
\ndefined some words as such that clearly can’t be if we see how Jesus spoke.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nare not to abuse Gods grace but to understand words are tools and not to be
\nfeared. We as believers should be the most proficient in using them
\neffectively. Anything less is creating a stable of jackass’s masquerading as
\nChristians. MAN it feels good to say that. Why not, it’s expedient!<\/span><\/p>\n