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scapularkid8
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Maybe it’s just disrespectful and just leaves a bad impression, but is it a sin?
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ANGELIC_PEACE
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yes… i think it would be a sin…if it slipped out not intentionally then maybe it might not be as bad…but if you know it is bad and disrespectful and still do it then i would assume that it would definately be a sin…
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water
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Cussing is, most of the time, coming from anger. Anger is a big sin. It is hard not to control our anger sometimes. 
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scapularkid8
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But are there certain situations that warrant it just happening? Like say I saw somebody get hit by a car and I say “holy s***”!
That would be okay wouldn’t it?
And it’s not like I’d go to hell for just cussing anyway. Right?
That would be okay wouldn’t it?
And it’s not like I’d go to hell for just cussing anyway. Right?
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Oshiego_Rod
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I think cussing is a sin if it becomes verbally abusive and is meant to cause some sort of harm due to anger. Also, if it causes another to react in the same manner thus causing them to fall into that sin as well.
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scapularkid8
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I’m just not sure if I’m overreacting about this. At my age, every other kid I know just uses it in casual conversation and I just didn’t know if that was “bad” at all. It might be “naughty” but is it “bad”?
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JRKH
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Been there - Heard that.
Let’s take another angle on this. Using foul or “cuss” words in casual conversation is being disrespectful to yourself and to others. They serve no useful purpose except to show how “Big” the user is, or to show his/her own ignorance.
In this regard yes it is a sin because you are disrespecting the temple of your body. Not likely a mortal sin but a sin none the less.
As far as individual outbursts due to some extreme situation such as the car accident you mentioned, only you can know your intent behind it.
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scapularkid8
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I guess this all just boils down to “If everyone else jumped off a cliff would you do it too?”
It’s just that there’s sooooo much peer pressure…I guess the body as a Temple analogy was somewhat effective for me…somewhat. I just always thought it was merely a personal choice, not a matter of good versus evil.
It’s just that there’s sooooo much peer pressure…I guess the body as a Temple analogy was somewhat effective for me…somewhat. I just always thought it was merely a personal choice, not a matter of good versus evil.
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JRKH
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In a sense, everything is a matter of good vs evil.
I don’t mean that in a dry, suffering sort of way, but rather that small actions repeated often enough can have a large effect on our personality, our character, and our soul.
The constant and casual use of gutter speech numbs us to it and to the damage it is doing to us.
How do you feel about the people who talk like this? Do you think they sound intelligent?
How about the people you look up to. Do they talk this way?
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Jay2
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My grandfather owned a tavern. One of those “going down to the corner for a beer” places, blue collar, where the working men would stop on the way home.
Over the cash register was a sign (hung there for 40 years!)
“Profanity is the Art of making Ignorance Audible”
Foul Language will NOT be Tolerated
Grandpops was very strict about this, and would bodily toss any man out of his pub on the 2nd infraction.
There are several million words available for use, and not all “4-letter” ones.
Unless you take the Lord’s name in vain, it’s probably not a sin… but it’s an injustice to yourself and your character.
Over the cash register was a sign (hung there for 40 years!)
“Profanity is the Art of making Ignorance Audible”
Foul Language will NOT be Tolerated
Grandpops was very strict about this, and would bodily toss any man out of his pub on the 2nd infraction.
There are several million words available for use, and not all “4-letter” ones.
Unless you take the Lord’s name in vain, it’s probably not a sin… but it’s an injustice to yourself and your character.
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m134e5
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I’d probably say the exact same thing. I don’t think it would be a sin- unless I scandalized someone (like if I said it in front of my grandparents.
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Pat_the_Cat
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I used to cuss a LOT. I thought to myself “would I talk to Jesus that way?” I tried to justify myself by saying “Sure, Jesus accepts my weaknesses.” But through much prayer I came to the conclusion that 1) I knew in my heart it was wrong 2) I knew it was a bad witness to others 3) it could cause scandal 4) it was a lack of temperance on my part; all of which were not good things, and some of which **were **sinful. So I prayed for the grace to stop. It took a while, but i’ve stopped. Don’t think I can remember the last time cassed! Praise God.
This Blog might make interesting reading Is using bad language a sin?
This Blog might make interesting reading Is using bad language a sin?
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cyberwolf001
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That only really covers taking the lords name in vain and wishing bad upon others.
Also we have to remember what we in America call cussing doesn’t translate into other languages. So there’s a few words on the list I’d consider okay depending on how there used.
Also we have to remember what we in America call cussing doesn’t translate into other languages. So there’s a few words on the list I’d consider okay depending on how there used.
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JohnnyReb
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I disagree that anger is a sin. It is an emotion. I think in Ephesians Paul writes “in your anger, do not sin” implying that anger can lead to sin, but is not sin in itself. I guess cussing could be an example of that.Cussing is, most of the time, coming from anger. Anger is a big sin. It is hard not to control our anger sometimes.
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masondoggy
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All the replies here are really a matter of opinion. But are there any church documents, anywhere in the Catechism etc, where the church officially says that cussing is sinful? I know using the lords name in vain or “damning someone to …” is sinful. But just the general use of words defined in our culture as “cussing”?
I think if it were really a sin, our Church would make sure and tell us that somewhere…
I think if it were really a sin, our Church would make sure and tell us that somewhere…
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JRKH
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Why go to Paul when you have Jesus:
Matthew 5:21-26 (NAB)
"You have heard the commandment imposed on your forefathers, ‘You shall not commit murder; every murderer shall be liable to judgement.’ What I say to you is: everyone who grows angry with his brother shall be liable to judgement; any man who uses** abusive language ** toward his brother shall be answerable to the sanhedren and if he holds him in contempt he risks the fires of Gehenna…
I did not copy all the verses, but basically Jesus declares what to do, leave your offering - settle on the way to court - be reconciled to your brother -
In other words you may get angry - that’s an emotional reaction - but while you are angry you are in a state of sin until you somehow reconcile the sin.
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JohnnyReb
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Doesn’t seem to me that Jesus would disagree with Paul, or that I disagree with them. Anger left unaddressed can lead to all sorts of sin.
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puzzleannie
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have to laugh because we had a priest and some seminarians from Mexico come speak to our HS class, and although they spoke good English, it was with a heavy accident. One of the girls asked that question, and the priest said, yes of course it was a sin and started to explain why. The girls looked horrified, because of course they had said “kissing” and he heard “cussing”.
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JRKH
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You misunderstand.
Jesus does not say that the anger leads ot sin. He says that the anger is also a sin. It makes one liable to judgement.
A similar lesson comes in relation to adultary MATT 5:27-28 Where Jesus teaches that it is not just the act of adultary that is a sin but the thoughts as well.
The emotions, and desires that seperate us from God are sins precisly because they seperate us.
Paul is a good tacher, but whenever possible I go to the source.
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mesurman
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It’s early and I am at work so I don’t have my Bible, but doesn’t Jesus say that we will be judged by our idle words. Cuss words add nothing to the conversation except make you look bad and lower the level of decorum.
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