Christian Discussion Group discussion

this is a big issue in our lives, so if you have questions about what's ok, and what's not, post them here! for instance, i say oh my gosh, i don't know if that's good, but i have to say something and 'rats' just doesn't cover it!

What about "oh my rats"? :), (lol, jk, just giving you a hard time, lol)

grrrrr...not helping! =D

I know!! Aren't I a brat? XD

yes. how could you? XC

Very easily, I can do it again if you want! XB

:)

ahem. back to serious discussions! what is your actual opinion?

lol, okay, okay, I don't know, I have the same problem. For me it's better than saying the actual thing, though I'm slipping a lot more than normal lately. I find myself saying the f word a lot more than I should. I've been working on it though.

tut tut! good job working on it though! i'm kind of the other way, i never used to say anything close to bad, but now i feel so frustrated sometimes it's so hard not to!

IKR!!! Especially since you can't go anywhere nowadays without hearing all of it.

the only safe place is home, not even church is entirely safe! and i'm not going to live alone my whole life no way no how!

lol, well, even in home, you're not safe from it. It's just something you have to deal with, and you have to persevere and discipline yourself not to do it, lol. I also pray for those who curse, especially those who use God's name in vain. I've never had a problem from using His name in vain, lol.

i've only done that once! problem is it was on Monday...it was a really freaky self-portrait though!

lol! I remember slipping once, I don't remember when or what the circumstances were, but I know I've slipped once and I felt so bad about it, I asked for forgiveness for about a week afterward. My mom said that God forgave me the first time I asked, I just had to forgive myself too, lol.

yeah, i don't forgive myself very easily.

I do on somethings, but there are other things that I don't, lol.

i have to admit that i have cussed before. im not proud of it though. but whenever ive cussed its always been when i was angry. so im working on that. hopefully that wont happen again. :)

lol, sometimes I almost feel that when I'm angry, my opinion isn't strong enough unless I cuss. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to curse on that Painful Truth group.

when i'm angry i'm like that too, except that i get so mad i can't think straight so i might as well be cussing for all people can understand me! i can be pretty unintelligible!

lol! Well, I've never had that problem, unfortunately I speak pretty clearly when I get angry, lol. It gets me into a lot of trouble. I need to learn to control my tongue, lol. Like that Bible verse, the one were I think either Paul or Jesus compares the tongue to the rudder of a boat, the small spark that starts the forest fire, and the bit that controls the ox, lol. That one little thing can do so much!

there's one in Proverbs too, 'he who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly comes to ruin' the tongue is very mean..*pout* :)

lol, and very hard to control!

yeah, mine can be awful, sometimes it's just so hard to think before you speak!

I've accidentally swore one time....and believe me I was very sorry for it.

i know..it can really make you feel dirty.. *shudder* but what's worse than the tongue is the mind, it's easier to think these bad things sometimes, like i silently rant and yell and scream at my dad sometimes, it's not good.

No, I do that a lot too. But mostly at my siblings, not so much my dad, though I do do it with him sometimes too. The only problem with doing it at him is sometimes he can read my mind, it's creepy!

ahhhhhhh!! it would not end well with me if my dad could read my mind!

I have never ever said a cuss word in my life. I hear people using this foul language almost everywhere and it really, really bugs me. Everytime someone at home says it I always say "What was that I just heard?" and they always use a cleaner word for a day or so before I have to remind them again.

lol Amy you should be very proud of yourself for never swearing!!! Good for you! As you know I have swore before but I try not to because I know it is wrong and I feel bad about it afterward.

the worst part is apologizing and realizing they didn't even notice you do anything wrong.

or when they encourage you like it's a good thing.

lol, since I got a job, I've started swearing a lot more. However, I don't know if the way Amy approaches it is the best way to do it. I know if someone said that to me, it would make me angry and turn me away. So I'm not sure.

yes, that's true, but at least they would know how feel. I feel like no one can tell that I'm a Christian because I don't talk to almost anybody outside my friends and teachers.