Weird, but just curious

[Elizium23]

IOW, unless they sound like CCD teachers, they are sinning; sorry but IDBS.

ICXC NIKA.

Filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors who choose to subject me to profanity and blasphemy are committing a form of assault. I do not wish to be exposed to their sinful ways, and I go out of my way to seek out films and shows that do not contain any of it. It is rude and sinful to assault someone by throwing a punch, and similarly it is rude and sinful to assault someone’s ears and psyche by subjecting them to profanity and blasphemy.

 

[Graceful_Lamb]

Filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors who choose to subject me to profanity and blasphemy are committing a form of assault. I do not wish to be exposed to their sinful ways, and I go out of my way to seek out films and shows that do not contain any of it. It is rude and sinful to assault someone by throwing a punch, and similarly it is rude and sinful to assault someone’s ears and psyche by subjecting them to profanity and blasphemy.

You’ve never cursed? You’ve never taken the Lord’s n name in vain? So, if someone curses or takes the Lord’s name in vain, I guess then you don’t associate with them at all?

I agree that sin is sin, but reality is also reality. There are people that curse and if someone in a movie gets shot, they aren’t going to say “Darn!” They are likely to use a more direct four letter word, which is more realistic.

 

[Elizium23]

You’ve never cursed? You’ve never taken the Lord’s n name in vain? So, if someone curses or takes the Lord’s name in vain, I guess then you don’t associate with them at all?

I used to curse all the time and found nothing wrong with it. Once I realized that Christ commanded me to stop doing it, I adopted the practice of making small ejaculations as an Act of Contrition immediately after uttering, or even thinking, the profanity or blasphemy. Over the course of months and years, I have been cured of cursing and I almost never do it anymore. Certainly not out loud, or in public.

I really don’t associate on a regular basis with people who curse. If someone approaches my circle of friends, for example when we are playing cards in a café, and begins peppering his speech with epithets, I kindly ask him to temper his language while he is around me. Most people are more than happy to comply and very apologetic.

I was once on a small bus when a very stinky homeless man deboarded, and immediately another rider began deriding him in an extremely profane manner. I informed him that I found his language more objectionable than the smell of the homeless person, and he tore into me, challenging me to a fight and threatening violence. I was forced to exit the bus for fear of escalating the situation. That pretty well describes people who use profanity and then become aggressive when challenged to stop: they are rude, violent, and don’t care what others think of them. One more good reason not to use profanity in any situation whatsoever.

 

[Graceful_Lamb]

I used to curse all the time and found nothing wrong with it. Once I realized that Christ commanded me to stop doing it, I adopted the practice of making small ejaculations as an Act of Contrition immediately after uttering, or even thinking, the profanity or blasphemy. Over the course of months and years, I have been cured of cursing and I almost never do it anymore. Certainly not out loud, or in public.

I really don’t associate on a regular basis with people who curse. If someone approaches my circle of friends, for example when we are playing cards in a café, and begins peppering his speech with epithets, I kindly ask him to temper his language while he is around me. Most people are more than happy to comply and very apologetic.

I was once on a small bus when a very stinky homeless man deboarded, and immediately another rider began deriding him in an extremely profane manner. I informed him that I found his language more objectionable than the smell of the homeless person, and he tore into me, challenging me to a fight and threatening violence. I was forced to exit the bus for fear of escalating the situation. That pretty well describes people who use profanity and then become aggressive when challenged to stop: they are rude, violent, and don’t care what others think of them. One more good reason not to use profanity in any situation whatsoever.

Your post sounds very judgmental. You sound very close minded. It is a big world out there. If you shut out people because the happen to curse a few times, you could be missing out on opportunities to miss interesting people. But, what do I know?

 

[Elizium23]

Your post sounds very judgmental. You sound very close minded. It is a big world out there. If you shut out people because the happen to curse a few times, you could be missing out on opportunities to miss interesting people. But, what do I know?

Gee, thanks for the close-minded judgement about my close-minded judgementalness.

I don’t shut anyone out. I merely politely invite them to be more respectful of people around them rather than assaulting us with rudeness. When they respond with threats of violence and insults, they show their true colors and where profanity and blasphemy truly originate, from a closed mind full of wicked thoughts.

 

[Cavaradossi]

We would do well to remember that the Lord himself taught that it is specifically what comes out of the mouth which defiles man. Cursing others is no light matter.

 

[adamhovey1988]

I know this is kind of a weird question, but just bear with me.
Say I’m an actor and the director wants me to take the Lord’s name in vain. Would it be considered a sin if I do it for the sake of the movie?

I really wouldn’t. I would ask that some kind of accommodation be made. There are many things that I would say that other people probably wouldn’t like when I read a certain book when I was in high school out loud. Now to be fair though back then I didn’t care about what you were talking about. But I would not compromise on this position whatsoever

 

[TheOrigen]

We would do well to remember that the Lord himself taught that it is specifically what comes out of the mouth which defiles man. Cursing others is no light matter.

This. Cursing others. I am so incredibly confused as to why we consider the uttering of a four letter word “cursing.”

A curse is something that is deliberately said against someone so as to wish harm, either temporal or eternal, on someone else. A curse is not one of Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on radio.

And can we stop saying His name is God? God is His title, deriving from an old English word meaning “one to whom prayers are addressed.” His name is four unpronounceable letters that have not been uttered since the destruction of the Temple, Jesus (blessed be His holy name), and Holy Spirit (which I suppose is also more of a title but I don’t know of anything else He’s called). That doesn’t mean we should use His title lightly or profane it, but I do believe it is a very important distinction.

 

[HelenRose]

A good actor can use body language and tone of voice to convey what ever thought is in their character’s mind.

Sometimes, the absence of a word can convey far more than the word itself.

 

[recentrevert]

Someone above has said that taking the Lord’s Name in vain is always grave matter but there is a distinction between blasphemy and profanity. Using the name of God lightly and without sufficient reverence is light matter but still a very ugly sin.

 

[punisherthunder]

As a creative writer, there are many times I’ve come across other’s works and they use the Lord’s name in vain frequently. To me, you could always replace something with some mild profanity. That seems better than just outright using the Lords name.

Or you could always say “Judas Priest!”

 

[Secant]

As a member of a blue-collar community, I would say that it is probably not a mortal sin to, as an actor, curse or use the Lord’s name in vain. If one wants to have a movie, book, play or anything aimed at exposing the human condition accurately, profanity is expected. Where I live, if I asked people not to curse in front of me, I would be totally rejected and couldn’t even talk to my priest, who routinely swears outside of the Mass. I know of practically no one over the age of 15 who doesn’t swear like a sailor, and anyone over the age of 18 will do so whether or not their mother/grandmother is around. The majorities in my community (whites are a minority here) are even worse. If you do not wish to see a movie accurately depicting the human condition, that is your choice, but an actor and even a director and script writer have an obligation to tell it like it is, especially if they want to make a moral statement about good and evil, requiring some character to act evil.

 

[Viki63]

Then again, have any of you watched the TV series Prison Break? I was well into it before I realized that it was a drama set in a prison without any foul language. It’s done very well, and we know full well that the villains are villainous, but their language is not foul but inventive.
Because after all, foul language is in large part a lack of vocabulary. Much more colorful to say “I will rip out your intestines and stuff them down your throat!” than to say “F___ you!”
But I think the OP is referring not to cursing per se, but to using the Lord’s name in vain. I would pass up the opportunity to play such a character, because why do we need more movies that are bad examples?

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