Cussing a sin?

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JRKH said:
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.
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No, he said he would be liable to judgement. Remember that Jesus got angry when he visited the temple and God is also said to have gotten angry.
 
pnewton said:
No, he said he would be liable to judgement. Remember that Jesus got angry when he visited the temple and God is also said to have gotten angry.
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You are correct. He did say “Liable to Judgement” and I stand corrected. I may have to reconsider my position on this. :cool:

I did look up the cleansing in all four testiments and none of them actually say that Jesus got angry, although they all use exclamation points in the passages. I wonder what kind of punctuation was available in the Greek.He may not have been angrey so much as trying to provoke the Elders to either accept Him or arrest Him and thus fulfill his mission.🤷

Not trying to nit-pick or start a debate but thought I’d mention it. the assumption is that He was angry, but it doesn’t actually say so.

As for God (The Father) getting angry. I know that the texts say so, but that is human language communicating to humans about God. I always try to remember that when reading about The Father.

Blessings

James
 
I don’t think it’s a sin, but it’s not something to be proud of in my book. I consider it kind of impolite, though not hurtful or insulting and certainly don’t get angry at people if they swear.

I have a terrible habbit of swearing, yet I’m an intelligent, well-educated person. I ususally say a “bad” word when I’m overly excited or upset or even angry - but I would disagree that people swear mostly out of anger. It’s usually when I’m telling a funny story about my dog pooping (but instead the “s” word slips out). I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t even notice. I asked a friend to help me out. My friend said “oh - you just swore.” I was like - I did? What did I say and she said that I said “damnit.” Hmm… I wasn’t even considering that a swear until now so that I can mentally work that into my list of “bad” words.

I now try to stop myself and keep track of my progress. During Lent one year, I decided to say a Hail Mary every time I said a bad word. That helped b/c I took myself into a different state of mind. Of course, when you’re in a conversation, it’s kind of hard to stop and pray, but you can always keep a mental count and then wait for a quiet time to reflect and pray.
 
This may be my protestant background speaking - but my understanding is that it is a sin to take the Lord’s name in vain, but merely tacky and low to use language considered foul in the time and place you occupy. I even remember some teachings about circumlocution - saying “Gosh Darned” instead of… “God …”. In the end the idea was that it’s better to avoid both (although I know which one I’d prefer to be stuck having to admit on the day of judgement)

More than anything, one risks being a bad example for Christ’s people, particularly when dealing with non-Christians. We are supposed to do things for the Glory of God, being a foul-mouth certainly isn’t Christlike.

I’m working hard to curb this - the source of my foul language can certainly be out of anger or hot-flashes or rage - but often times it’s just my lack of imagination in seeking adjectives or verbs for something. Direct sin? No. Bad example? Yes.
 
So it’s okay to express your frustration through exclamations like “dang” or “shoot”?
 
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