I eventually at one point became immune towards foul language. And why shouldn’t I because from the time I was a baby up until now, all of the adults in my life at the very least dropped a few f-bombs here and there and it seemed that G** D*** was being more often than “I love you”. When I was very young (about 4-5), I was a bit scared of my parents, so the first time I parroted their language, under the pains of extreme punishment, I did not cuss until I was 12, when I asked them permission if I could cuss around them. I was the strange child that would rather read an encyclopedia than play video games, or even watch TV at times, so I managed to build a fairly big vocabulary that did not involve cussing. But once I started using foul language, although the change was not immediate, I eventually stopped trying to find alternate ways of expressing myself, and it became a force of habit for me to make even the sailors blush

. I don’t see any terrible sin in cussing in itself, as there are times when I am so scared or so angry that I cannot reach for any other word. This is much less (maybe a couple times a week) than I used to, when it was at least a couple times an hour. I also decided that I needed to stop cussing when I really started meditating on what Romans 14 was calling me to do. I was a stumbling block to others because of my language (I once overheard someone talking about me, and one asked “How can she be Christian and talk like that?”), and though I didn’t see it as particularly sinful, the effects it caused to others was sinful. Because of that, I find it quite offensive myself today.
As for nudity, I think in some cases it depends on the culture and in what context, however I feel that it is being called too offensive, but I do live in the deep south, where I have heard people tell me I was going to hell because I enjoyed classical nudist art for the aesthetic value of it. I know of a movie or two that in certain countries were rated the equivalant of PG-13, but when showed and sold in the US, it was rated R because of nudity shown with childbirth, and it was pretty relevant to the movie as a whole. I still don’t like the idea of censorship at all, though, because of the slippery slope that it could potentially cause, but there should be a better way of giving fair warnings to viewers. I also would like to see another “wholesome entertainment” TV station or two (or three, four…) added besides Hallmark TV and Ion TV (formerly PAX). I miss, however misguided it could be at time, “Touched by an Angel”, that provided me a positive experience where I knew that I wouldn’t be surprised by any nudity, cussing, or alot of blood, guts and gore. But this is only my personal opinion.
God Bless!
Ericka