Nowhere does it say that societyâs bad words are offensive to God or sinful. Just because you may think that foul language is a sin, that does not give you the right to accuse cussers of being hypocritical, Protestant-like, or otherwise bad Catholics. :tsktsk:
Vulgar speaking begets vulgar company, and it all accumulates. Why? Because decent people wonât tolerate it, so cursing is usually muttered, in private, or in situations with others who also curse (like in bars and clubs), just like how smoking is often banned in certain areas out of consideration for non-smokers. Non-smokers donât want to have to breathe your smoke, and decent people donât want to have to hear something appalling. Iâve seen this (cursing) as a norm in society and in life in general in different social cliques, mostly secular, but even with some religious. My saying theyâre hypocritical is sound, because itâs based on the principle that good conduct and speech are expected from people who call themselves religious, and when they cling to that but then mutter profanities or relate indecent jokes, they are engaging in hypocritical behavior, and as I said in my first post, I am sometimes one of these people, and I admit it. So theres no need to be wagging your finger at me.
When people curse, it tends to be with people who also curse, meaning it is a group-perpetuated force of habit, where the cursing takes center stage and often decides the actual conversation, by who can out-swear the other, which is sought subconsciously and acted upon as an impulse to that subconscious prompt. When people âBSâ as it were, they are given to loose tongues and the more and more they loosen their tongue with their nonsense, eventually, the greater the profanities they utter, which can then become blasphemous and where theyâre taking the Lordâs name in vain, in whatever amount or frequency. And when that happens, it is most certainly a sin.
You can believe all you want cursing isnât a sin, but I donât see how it canât be since I doubt God can be pleased with anything that can become a compulsive, bad habit, and can spread to other people, usually innocence, such as children, and make it a norm for them too. And lets not forget the cursing words that are directly defensive to God and break the 3rd Commandment. Itâs as simple as this for me- if something isnât wholesome by nature or it is but is manipulated to be vulgar, and it changes other peopleâs vocabulary (for the worse in most cases), and other people hear this and are compromised by it, either by feeling uncomfortable or by being pressured to curse in order to fit in, then itâs a sin, a group perpetuated sin, and all of them should ask God to save their tongue against ill-begotten conversation and to help them remove these words from their conscious and subconscious vocabulary.
The only exception I can make to cursing is when someone is in pain, like they hit their finger with a hammer when hammering a nail and they utter GD or the F word. As the personâs mind was not coming from a source of anger, stupidity, or lewdness, itâs merely an exclamation. Though, personally, I would feel comfortable for him if he said âsorry Jesusâ really quick. Iâm sure that, under the circumstances in situations like these, if it is a sin, it was very minimal and a venial sin at best.
Wanton cursing is a different matter, though, and Iâm pretty sure itâs whatâs even making this discussion weâre all having about cursing possible. Bottom line, my opinion is people who revel in foul language are sinning, and if others are impressionable or innocent, are causing them to sin as well or providing an occasion of sin for them.
Couldnât have said it better my self. Must also admit though, that I have never had to justify that cussing and swearing was ungodly behaviour until I came to CAF⌠that supprised me and I got quite dissapointed thinh´king: Why is it that what is evident to all the Christians that I have met so far is not evident to some of the serious Catholic brothers here?
