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goofyjim
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I’ve used it occasionally in the privacy of my own home. Don’t consider it anything to confess.
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rlg94086
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:ehh:
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BlaineTog
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Like most use of language, the sinfulness of cuss words depends largely on circumstances. A bunch of guys standard around and tossing a few around is probably sinful, whereas it may be sinful to cuss when you know the people would be made uncomfortable, and it’s always sinful to swear at someone in seriousness.
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gmags2003
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Isn’t atheist an irreligious word?
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rlg94086
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No.
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gmags2003
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Really? To be irreligious something must lack religion i.e atheism.
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rlg94086
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Well then, if you feel that way, please stop swearing at us and take it to Confession.
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gmags2003
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What are you talking about?..I asked a question and you disregarded it almost immediately.
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rlg94086
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Yep, because I’m not interested in getting into a symantic argument with someone over whether using the word “atheist” is a sin. If that’s what you believe, then don’t use it and/or take it to Confession.
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Cath_aholic
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I think you are taking the definition out of context. The word atheist is not irreverent or bad. It is just a word we use to describe someone who doesn’t believe in God.
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Shellina1
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This is a very interesting topic.
I found a few things interesting, someone stated that taking the child to confession was wrong if he wasn’t truly sorry…valid point…we were not there…and I am sure he was sorry mamma heard it…but was he sorry for being caught or sorry for saying the word. As a child I learned not to do things mainly because I didn’t want to get in trouble…then only as an adult did I get the “heart” of the matter in most things and how sins really hurts me in the long run, even if only myself and God know about it.
I think mom did a good thing in that she took it serious enough to make him realize that the sin came when he did something that was unacceptable as a child in his parents home, therefore not respecting his mother and father which is a sin.
Hopefully the priest was able under the power of the Holy Spirit to add to mom on this one in that it was a sign of disrepect to his parents, but then also explain that it shows a lack of discipline for a child to speak in such a way in our world and that in turn could cause him problems by excluding good children from wanting to hang around him if he talked in such a way, or teachers to be harder on him as he would be talking in a way that might influence other kids.
Either way…think mom did a good thing.
I found a few things interesting, someone stated that taking the child to confession was wrong if he wasn’t truly sorry…valid point…we were not there…and I am sure he was sorry mamma heard it…but was he sorry for being caught or sorry for saying the word. As a child I learned not to do things mainly because I didn’t want to get in trouble…then only as an adult did I get the “heart” of the matter in most things and how sins really hurts me in the long run, even if only myself and God know about it.
I think mom did a good thing in that she took it serious enough to make him realize that the sin came when he did something that was unacceptable as a child in his parents home, therefore not respecting his mother and father which is a sin.
Hopefully the priest was able under the power of the Holy Spirit to add to mom on this one in that it was a sign of disrepect to his parents, but then also explain that it shows a lack of discipline for a child to speak in such a way in our world and that in turn could cause him problems by excluding good children from wanting to hang around him if he talked in such a way, or teachers to be harder on him as he would be talking in a way that might influence other kids.
Either way…think mom did a good thing.
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GraceDK
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Dont see masturbation, abortion and porn in the 10 commandments either… does not mean its not a sin.
Of course speaking like this is a sin… saying such words make the angels flee and you might as well spit Jesus in the face. I would claim that any serious convert to Christianity knows this in his heart (I talk about everyone who has met Christ and has His Holy Spirit dwelling in him)… cussing and swearing does not belong in “the Templed of the Holy Spirit” and its not a good testimony from the person. As its written: Jesus said: “The mouth overflows with the things that are in the heart.”
By his foul mouth he degrades not only himself but everyone listening … unworthy behaviour for a Christian man.
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Caesar517
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I am of the opinion that bad words are not intrinsically evil, even it is a common sin (Grace is familliar with my opinion 
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As for the child, I don’t think I can make a judgement based only on “he said the word”. I don’t think his mother should have forced him to go to confession unless he was sorry (unlikely that it was mortal anyway, imho).
).As for the child, I don’t think I can make a judgement based only on “he said the word”. I don’t think his mother should have forced him to go to confession unless he was sorry (unlikely that it was mortal anyway, imho).
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Holly3278
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Yes, it is a sin requiring confession for everybody.
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JRKH
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It is obvious that any parent is going to find this term to be extremely offensive. I also believe that most children are going to Know that their parent will be offended, even if the parrent has not expressly said so. Thus the Child using it would be guilty of dis-respect to the parent and the 4th commandment comes into play.
Having said this, I do think she may have over-reacted a bit. We don’t want to make confession feel as a punishment and children are very impressionable at this age.
Of course we weren’t there so we can’t know exactly what happened.
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JRKH
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Actually I found that I could not vote due to the way the question is posed. If it is swearing then it is always a sin since Jesus tells us not to swear, that is to make an oath. This is from the Devil. We are to be truthful.
If the poll is about cussing, then we have to consider both the age of the person and the intention behind the use of foul/unacceptable terminology.
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Caesar517
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Do you care to back that up at all?
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GraceDK
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Direct quotation please. And a meditation book will not do. If you say the catechism defends cursing as not sinful, then you better give the evidence. Because that simply cant be.
I have known in my soul that cursing was intrincically evil since the age of reason. No catechism can tell me otherwise… if it does I will certainly question it.
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JRKH
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I did a quick search HERE for the term curse and found five matches. None of them directly addresses the issue of cursing.
I also did a search for the term Swearing and was surprised that this was the only result.
It surprises me because in Matthew 5 we have:
Which seems to forbid swearing an oath of any kind, but rather to be simply honest in all things.
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GraceDK
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I am still waiting for emeraldwings to provide the quotes from the catechisms she claims say something which I have never seen in any catechism.
Your quotes had nothing to do with the topic so that leaves us at the starting point…
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