Comments on: Christians need to wash their mouth out with soap http://www.christandpopculture.com/asides/christians-need-to-wash-their-mouth-out-with-soap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christians-need-to-wash-their-mouth-out-with-soap Where The Christian Faith Meets The Common Knowledge of Our Age Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.christandpopculture.com/asides/christians-need-to-wash-their-mouth-out-with-soap/#comment-1619 David Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:34:37 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=497#comment-1619 I couldn't agree more Alex...well said. I couldn’t agree more Alex…well said.

]]> By: Alex Fear http://www.christandpopculture.com/asides/christians-need-to-wash-their-mouth-out-with-soap/#comment-1616 Alex Fear Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:03 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=497#comment-1616 I don't have a problem with swears.. it's inappropriate words which bother me. Someone yelling an expletive when they are angry or injured for example, is contextual. Someone swearing just for the fun of it, or every second word is annoying. But the author is right to mention comedians. Too many think that by lacing their jokes with expletives that makes it funny, or blasphemy is funny. When comedians are blasphemous I yawn, and when they use an expletive to deliver the punchline (or worse, the punchline is the expletive) I groan. The other thing we have to consider is Christians I know use substitute words which is another reason I don't think it's productive or useful to censor swears. <em>Alex Fear's last blog post..<a href='http://www.abandonallfear.co.uk/?p=420' rel="nofollow">[Service] Bye Bye Starbucks, Viva La (Coffee) Republic</a></em> I don’t have a problem with swears.. it’s inappropriate words which bother me.

Someone yelling an expletive when they are angry or injured for example, is contextual.

Someone swearing just for the fun of it, or every second word is annoying.

But the author is right to mention comedians. Too many think that by lacing their jokes with expletives that makes it funny, or blasphemy is funny.

When comedians are blasphemous I yawn, and when they use an expletive to deliver the punchline (or worse, the punchline is the expletive) I groan.

The other thing we have to consider is Christians I know use substitute words which is another reason I don’t think it’s productive or useful to censor swears.

Alex Fear’s last blog post..[Service] Bye Bye Starbucks, Viva La (Coffee) Republic

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