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To: Nothingburger

Using the Lord’s Name in vain is not a “trivual” sin and is another example of twisting the truth of God’s Word. God will not be mocked. He is Holy.


17 posted on 10/12/2019 3:21:51 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Awhose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever

You evidently don’t understand what I wrote. You seem to have an overly censorious attitude toward human frailty.

A burst of bad language isn’t exactly admirable but under certain circumstances I can understand it. I can’t speak for the Lord, but as a matter of common sense I can’t imagine that a merciful God would consign someone to hell for swearing when the hammer hits the thumb.

No “truth of God’s Word” is being twisted in such instances.
It’s simply a release of steam when confronting physical or emotional pain.

To me, real blasphemy starts with making promises in the Lord’s name — for example, the oaths taken by witnesses — and then breaking them. And invoking the Lord’s name to sanction evil practices — homosexuality above all — is blasphemy of the foulest sort. Mayor Buttigieg seems to be a particularly bad offender.

I hope you can see the distinctions I’m trying to make.


19 posted on 10/12/2019 3:50:54 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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