Why is the use of certain common words offensive?
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Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:29 to not let "corrupt communication" come out of your mouth.
EPHESIANS 4:29-32 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the c**k crew.
When Peter denied that he knew Jesus, he did so while cursing and swearing.
MATTHEW 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the c**k crew.
And in the books of Matthew and Luke, Jesus tells us that what is in your heart comes out of your mouth.
Matthew 12:34 (KJV) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
LUKE 6:45 (KJV) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Words have different meanings when used in different contexts. The word "hell" when read aloud from the Bible has a different emotional impact than when an angry spouse or coworker shouts "What the h***!?" from across the room. The difference should be obvious.
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Growing up in central Kansas in the 1980s, I was taught—both by my Sunday School teacher and by the english teacher in public school—that "damn" and "hell" were not obscene but vulgar, i.e., that they were only used by uneducated people. I remember being told that if we used them, people would think we weren't very smart. I can't remember ever hearing anyone say they were offensive. And plenty of people from church used these words in casual conversations.
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Also, I recall C.S. Lewis using both words in the Narnia series. So I'm thinking the offense is cultural, not religious.
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