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To: fr_freak; vpintheak
We have far too many Freepers who fail to understand the environment we now find ourselves in. The days when gentle communication was sufficient and expected are long gone. Such strong language is the LEAST of what must be done.

Amen. Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, there are also no grammar Nazis.

Lots of Americans are already going through circumstances wherein "God" and profanity share sentences and paragraphs throughout the day. God alone knows our heart; He knows our struggles; and He sometimes calls us to battle, even though war is hell.

166 posted on 01/24/2015 2:21:12 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: meadsjn

It’s fair enough to ask ourselves, however, what we really mean. There are certain expressions not compatible with gospel and they remain so even if you are about to become Caesar’s cats’ chow.

We can’t just take scissors to the bible and cut out the parts about “possess your vessel in sanctification and honor” or “let the marriage bed [i.e. sexual relations] be undefiled.” Or “let no corrupt communication come from your mouth.”

“God rebuke you” is way more typical gospel than “Fuc_.” Not even Paul’s sarcastic hints that circumcision legalists ought to castrate themselves (actually the term is cut themselves off, which may in part be a reference to the Jewish legal penalty of cutting a particularly bad sinner off from the community) quite go to the level of “Fuc_.”

God offers us two possibilities. Get on His wavelength (which is a relentless, heroic love) or else get shunted to hell. Filth like Michael’s current output does not fly with heaven not because he is Michael Moore but because it refuses to reflect God. Can we make it fly with heaven, I don’t suggest it is wise to try.


169 posted on 01/24/2015 3:05:07 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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