Debasing the Sacred

Filling along the same lines as my other recent posts, I want to share how profanity brings us down and destroys many of the basic fundamentals of family life, and directly attacks our faith.

When you think of most of the common cuss words, they are used in an angry form, though often they are connected with jokes and common gossip. All of these areas pull our minds away from things such as love and peace, kindness, friendliness, charity, etc. and instead focus our minds towards criticism, anger, dissection, greed, and other base attributes. 

Much of the harsher vocabulary takes words that could ultimately have good positive meanings, but instead reference the twisted corrupted versions of the concept. One example is the word "b***h". The word directly attacks womanhood. In my mind women need to be treated with respect and love, not degraded as trash. The word basically refers to women as nothing more than whiny, demanding, irritating, and difficult. 

Another example is "b*****d". The word references illegitimate children. As though such children are the scum of the earth. Now it can have other meanings too. While I would not speak such words, I think it's an accurate desription of someone who calls his wife or any other woman a b***h.  In my mind their are no illegitimate children, but there are certainly illegitimate parents. The children did not commit any wrongdoing, so why are they being referred to in such a manner for the alleged acts of their parents?

One that is used heavily in our society, that seems to be a substitute for just about everything is the f-bomb. Has our society's vocabulary sunk so low that some people use the word in just about every sentence?  The words original meaning is dark and twisted. It refers to an act that ought to be sacred, but instead drags it out as ugly sin and wickedness. The intimate relationship that ought to exist between a husband and wife instead becomes a low and degrading term that people allow to flow from their lips as a cursing. 

My intention was not to delve into every swear word, but rather to demonstrate that such language only serves to debase ourselves and those around us. Swearing and cursing takes things which should be handled with the uttermost care and respect, and turns them into dross. 

God ordained men and women to be united. Not for them to turn each other into representations of evil. God loves his children. He wants us to help each other, not tear each other down. In my opinion, whenever we commit acts or words which twist the beautiful creations of our God into something dark, we are taking the name of God in vain. 

Let us bless one another with our words and deeds, and cease from cursing one another, and let's stop polluting our hearts, minds, mouths, and ears with filth.