Should we watch movies or media with swearing?

[StudentMI]

One thing I find helps is watching movies at home. That way I can rent it from the library, or else pay a small fee for watching it and if there’s objectionable scenes I can fast forward or turn the movie off entirely without wasting the exorbitant price of a movie ticket.

 

[EndTimes]

I think it is usually unwise because we, as social creatures, are influenced and affected by the people and media with which we interact.

Yes… Much of the Media purposefully intends to negatively influence the masses against Jesus/God

 

[Freddy]

Freddy:

I’m struggling to think of any films at all that showed Him in a bad light.

The Last Temptation of Christ (film) - Wikipedia

It’s the devil versus Jesus and Jesus rejects the temptations offered to him and sacrifices Himself for the good of humanity and in doing so defeats Satan.

Granted that many Christians might not appreciate Him being shown as a man with all the temptations we have and the depiction of that. But it surely is not anti-Christian. Scorsese himself is a Catholoc.

 

[Irishmom2]

Oh, you mean like when people are not laughing at someone, they are laughing with them?

It okay that they portrayed Christ as being lustful because it showed he had temptations like all of us?

No. Not okay.

 

[Buks]

If the name of the Lord is used as a swear, I’ll turn it off or leave. Sometimes that’s a few minutes after the start. The only exception would be if it’s meant to show that the character is a seriously flawed person, but that intent would be rare (if ever) and I may need to know about the story beforehand to determine. No problem, it’s just a show and I can find other things to do. I’ve watched films that won Oscars which I thought were quite lame. It is easy when movies and shows are considered totally optional.

 

[CTBcin]

I think there’s a place for using “bad language”, in movies and in life. It’s certainly not every other word but it is appropriate in some situations.

I view “bad language” like I do spices. You only need to use them sparingly for the best effect. Overuse them and it ruins the dish.

 

[CTBcin]

I must politely disagree:

(James 1:26) “Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”

(James 3:10) “Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.”

(Matthew 5:11) “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

(Matthew 12:36) “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,”

(Colossians 3:8) “But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”

These don’t all necessarily have to do with swearing per se (simply in the sense of using what we see as “bad language”). When the Bible discusses swearing, it is usually in the context of swearing oaths or using the Lord’s name in vain. And, cursing is a very deliberate act against our fellow man.

Simply dropping an F bomb or an S bomb or something like that is not what the Bible is talking about, as I see it. In fact, due to the developing nature of language, words that were seen once as neutral are now seen as “bad words” (such as the S word). Other words that used to be vulgar are now considered normal. That’s simply how language develops

That said, it’s best to watch our language for the sake of being polite and not uncouth. But simply using a “bad word” is hardly a grave issue.

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

Hey!
I like Plan 9 From Outer Space.

The wobbly cardboard headstones, the switches from daytime filming to nighttime filming.

Not to mention the skillful and seamless way they replaced out Bela Lugosi for some of the scenes.

 

[KyPerson]

I’m almost 70 and I don’t swear. I don’t like it, but I have learned to let it wash over me. It’s as though I am deaf to it.

 

[HomeschoolDad]

Hey!
I like Plan 9 From Outer Space .

The wobbly cardboard headstones, the switches from daytime filming to nighttime filming.

Not to mention the skillful and seamless way they replaced out Bela Lugosi for some of the scenes.

I have a VHS tape of it. P9FOS is a howler!

But the tragic thing is that it seems so earnest, you come to see that Ed Wood really thought he was making a serious movie.

At least it was clean and wholesome. But that business with the pie plates hanging from fishing line, and the shower curtain used at the exit to the cockpit, was just sad.

The tombstones at the beginning of the first episode of Gunsmoke, where Matt Dillon is in the graveyard, are almost that cheesy (though, in all fairness, thin wooden planks were often used to mark graves).

And John Wayne. At least he, like Patricia Neal and Bob Hope, died a Catholic. Thank God.

 

[AHapka]

profanity is not allowed for movies shown in theaters

That’s not something the government could even get involved in. Are you saying your government can? How does that work? It’s not like the government in the US has the ability to regulate speech. Anyone can make a movie with as many swear words, blasphemies, or just about anything else and it’s not like the government can stop it. Nor would they try to. About the only thing made truly illegal to show to children is porn.

That being said, of course Catholics have a problem with our Lord’s name used in vain! Of course it’s morally wrong! But it’s not the job of the government to enforce that.