Is cussing a mortal sin?

[Jaypeeto4]

A few minutes have passed,
and I am now deeply ashamed that I blew up and
let loose that string of expletives, turning the air BLUE with them.

But BOY was I angry, surprised, and frustrated.
I didn’t just “DROP” that food off of the plate,
it went flying in all directions, through the air, and landed ALL OVER EVERYTHING.

I was absolutely LIVID, and hence the verbal blow-out / cuss-fest.

I still do not believe, at all, that I committed a mortal sin, though.
Anger and suprise do not amount to reflection and full consent of the will.
And that food literally went all over EVERYTHING. Ungodly mess.

 

[smith500]

Does God have common sense?

We were created in God’s image and I think God has he common sense that condemning someone to hell for all eternity is not the appropriate punishment for cussing.

I don’t buy the semantics that anyone actually chooses to be damned for eternity for saying a cuss word.

I’ll even say that on rare occassions, cussing is appropriate.

 

[Shannon46]

In the third commandment that says: “Thou shall not use the Lords name in vain.”

 

[timwatt]

The man of impure speech is a “person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.”
-St. John Vianney

 

[mytruepower2]

The man of impure speech is a “person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.”
-St. John Vianney

Yup. Two things, though…

1. “Impure speech” need not refer to modern cursing, which consists mainly of a series of “shock words,” with very little meaning behind them.
2. That doesn’t make it a mortal sin. It’s still venial.

 

[_Username]

Correct me if im wrong, but I was of the belief that what society considers “cuss words” are only “bad” because of their origin. Historically, the Romans looked down on Germanic tribes, so certain words in their language were considered to be vulgar. Interestingly, the Latin translations of these words are not considered vulgar because the Romans were “civilized.” If this is true, then cussing without taking the Lord’s name in vain is not a sin, just looked down upon by parts of society because of a tradition dating back to the Roman Empire. However, one should be careful with what he says.