tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post3446084768961903027..comments2024-03-07T06:52:34.516+00:00Comments on Exiled Preacher: Bad language disdainGuy Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-5242159275240283512007-02-17T21:06:00.000+00:002007-02-17T21:06:00.000+00:00Michael,Like accusing someone of "proof texting" f...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Like accusing someone of "proof texting" for quoting the Bible! <BR/><BR/>GuyGuy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-51696224506853165592007-02-17T18:45:00.000+00:002007-02-17T18:45:00.000+00:00E.P., I certainly agree with your last comment abo...E.P., I certainly agree with your last comment about casual "cussing." We Christians can be very harmful with our words: The term "fundamentalist" can be used in a proper, descriptive, non-pejorative fashion, but is too often simply a slur. That is only one of many examples.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-15822626698758207742007-02-16T23:57:00.000+00:002007-02-16T23:57:00.000+00:00Michael,As I said in a previous comment, I'm not a...Michael,<BR/><BR/>As I said in a previous comment, I'm not arguing for prudishness. The Bible uses provocative language as in the examples you suggested. See also Ezekiel 16. But that is not the same as the casual swearing that some believers indulge in today.Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-13369179051581025932007-02-16T23:27:00.000+00:002007-02-16T23:27:00.000+00:00Didn't Paul himself sometimes use language that wo...Didn't Paul himself sometimes use language that would be considered "foul" in our day? He called some folks "dogs," which, for his day would have been the equivalent of the female dog swear-word of our day. Also, how is "dung," different from "shit?" The latter was just the ordinary English term for feces until the Normans made the French-based "manure" the term for polite (read "rich") society.<BR/><BR/>Also, didn't Paul suggest that those who preach a different gospel than his should be damned? Isn't that cursing?<BR/><BR/>I think bad language is rude and should normally be avoided, but you raise it to a higher matter than seems biblically justifed.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-2425484934045475362007-02-15T13:18:00.000+00:002007-02-15T13:18:00.000+00:00They do and they should be publising an article by...They do and they should be publising an article by me on the mission of the PTS sometime soon. But I'm not sure that this post would be appropriate for the mag. ;-)Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-15303755899987652682007-02-15T13:07:00.000+00:002007-02-15T13:07:00.000+00:00Don't the PTS have a magazine?Don't the PTS have a magazine?Gary Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-86526981264597329952007-02-14T22:25:00.000+00:002007-02-14T22:25:00.000+00:00Dave,Fair comment. Presumably Paul didn't think th...Dave,<BR/><BR/>Fair comment. Presumably Paul didn't think that he was using filthy language when he referred to castration and dung. I'm not arguing for prudishness, but that Christians should avoid "swear words".Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-64730357013041986932007-02-14T20:04:00.000+00:002007-02-14T20:04:00.000+00:00I'm just being provocative with this comment - but...I'm just being provocative with this comment - but, how do you explain Paul's references to castration and dung? Can we assume that these examples are 'holy' bad language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-79544413417619037392007-02-14T10:28:00.000+00:002007-02-14T10:28:00.000+00:00Who would publish it?Who would publish it?Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-62356890639893566052007-02-14T09:23:00.000+00:002007-02-14T09:23:00.000+00:00That's a good article. Get someone to publish it i...That's a good article. Get someone to publish it in a mag. ;-)Gary Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08171450135496647908noreply@blogger.com