Is it wrong to swear?

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Especially if you need to express yourself at times and to let off steam?? As a tool of effective communication? Like an occasional sh or an F word to emphasize your points more clearly? Occasional and NOT habitual.

I am not asking if it sounds nice or courteous or if it is ill mannered. I know it isnt nice and thats not where I am trying to get at. I am asking if it is morally wrong or if it could land you some time in hell or purgatory.

Please dont give me a lecture about how it can turn into habit…Or thats immature… Been there heard that a million times. I just want a yes or no answer

I did not say blaspheming like saying “Holy something” or “G*dd**mn” because thats obviously mortal…

Thoughts?
 
ESMDHokie77 said:
yes it is wrong.
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Why?

There is not an easy answer to this, OP. Consider this: words which were considered taboo decades ago are no longer considered taboo today. And so, whether or not saying such a word is wrong is relative, relying on all kinds of different factors. That does not make them OK, but it does show that merely saying such a word is not always wrong.
 
the OP didn’t want a lecture, so I left my answer concise.
 
PermanentMarker said:
Why?

There is not an easy answer to this, OP. Consider this: words which were considered taboo decades ago are no longer considered taboo today. And so, whether or not saying such a word is wrong is relative, relying on all kinds of different factors. That does not make them OK, but it does show that merely saying such a word is not always wrong.
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All words are referents to concepts, though. “I hate God” may be an arbitrary arrangement of noises from a strictly etymological perspective but the concept to which it relates is evil, and if spoken intentionally, sinful. Likewise with vulgarity. The concepts they express are vile, evil, blasphemous, or otherwise profane and not suited to the kinds of conversations we ought to be having.
 
Weird.

So lets say you work in a very pressurized environment where bad language is actually used to get people to move and do things?

Let me give a few examples,

“Hey Hank, better get your st on time or your fired"
“Don’t F around, you came here to work not to chit chat”
"This office looks like st!, get it cleaned!”

Or lets say you are trying to get people to move faster
“Hurry the F up or well be late”
“Don’t F’ing slackin off”

In the military, they swear and intimidate recruits to get them to carry out orders more efficiently… I actually admire that system

just a few examples, just so you can get a perspective of where I am trying to get at
 
Lilsheep88 said:
Weird.

So lets say you work in a very pressurized environment where bad language is actually used to get people to move and do things?

Let me give a few examples,

“Hey Hank, better get your st on time or your fired"
“Don’t F around, you came here to work not to chit chat”
"This office looks like st!, get it cleaned!”

Or lets say you are trying to get people to move faster
“Hurry the F up or well be late”
“Don’t F’ing slackin off”

In the military, they swear and intimidate recruits to get them to carry out orders more efficiently… I actually admire that system

just a few examples, just so you can get a perspective of where I am trying to get at
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I would caution against working at such a place, if it can be helped, and using such language. Not sure on the extent to which it could be considered sinful.

I would very strongly caution any attentive Catholic against joining the military.
 
Especially for my generation… what the older folks regarded as curse words are pretty much common vocabulary for us these days… So sometimes I do say it unconsciously
 
Lilsheep88 said:
Especially for my generation… what the older folks regarded as curse words are pretty much common vocabulary for us these days… So sometimes I do say it unconsciously
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Well, just bear in mind, a sin requires full consent of the will, so habit can diminish or eliminate responsibility for it.
 
Swearing isn’t a sin directly. However the Bible teaches that one should always strive to show love to those around you. I don’t think using offensive words is a very good way to go about this. On the other hand, if you are around people who aren’t really offended by such words and who you are fairly certain don’t give a damn ( wink ) about your choice of words then you would probably be fine, at least in my eyes. If there is an official doctrine on this, then I stand corrected.
 
Lilsheep88 said:
Weird.

So lets say you work in a very pressurized environment where bad language is actually used to get people to move and do things?

Let me give a few examples,

“Hey Hank, better get your st on time or your fired"
“Don’t F around, you came here to work not to chit chat”
"This office looks like st!, get it cleaned!”

Or lets say you are trying to get people to move faster
“Hurry the F up or well be late”
“Don’t F’ing slackin off”

In the military, they swear and intimidate recruits to get them to carry out orders more efficiently… I actually admire that systemjust a few examples, just so you can get a perspective of where I am trying to get at
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In response to the part that I bolded:

In the United States Air Force, no NCO or officer may swear at a recruit! They can’t even say that you are a “cow;” they can only say that you “act like a cow,” for instance.

I spent 4 years in the USAF and I was never sworn at in the line of duty. We may have cursed our heads off, other wise, but, never sworn at in order to get orders carried out! It was illegal to do so, and would have been grounds for an Article 15 or a Courtmartial.
In fact, in our Group of the Strategic Air Command, we were not allowed to swear on duty, and had made up a code of numbers to represent certain curses.

Aside from that, I was told that to curse, or cuss, while rude and vulgar, is not a sin. The taking of the Lord’s Name in vain, while cursing, is, as you so rightly pointed out, a sin.

The swearing in the Bible refers not to cursing, but to taking an oath in the Lord’s Name and not keeping it.
 
sw85 said:
I would caution against working at such a place, if it can be helped, and using such language. Not sure on the extent to which it could be considered sinful.

I would very strongly caution any attentive Catholic against joining the military.
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Why?

Many of our best troops, including my children, are Catholic. They are attentive Catholics. I was an attentive Catholic while I was in the service. My father was an attentive and devout Catholic while in the service.
 
I would think that it’s wrong. It’s a habit that I’m trying to break myself. I use this verse from the bible:“But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.” (Col.3:8 DRA)
 
Yes i didnt mean swearing like swearing by an oath. I meant curse words just to clarify.
 
Sometimes it’s right to swear at God.

I did when my first born was born with down syndrome.
 
I’m reminded of Patton’s (in the movie with George C. Scott) answer about whether he reads the Bible or pray (I can’t remember which).

Every God **** day.
 
Hmmm. I wonder if Holy Scripture has anything to say about this.

[BIBLEDRB]Proverbs 21:23[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Psalm 18:15[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Psalm 140:3[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Sirach 19:17[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Sirach 23:7-9[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Matthew 15:11[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Matthew 15:17-18[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Matthew 5:22[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Ephesians 5:3-4[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]Colossians 3:8[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]James 3:2[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]James 3:6[/BIBLEDRB]
[BIBLEDRB]James 3:9-10[/BIBLEDRB]

(Note that these citations are from the Douay. The chapter/verse numbering of some Old Testament passages might differ from more modern translations).
 
Jeremiah 20:7
Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughing-stock all the day, all scoff at me.
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