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| The Bible has a lot of controversies |
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| The bible is a religious text; It shouldn't be analyzed like that |
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Sunfire249
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:29 am |
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This is for "justwannachat", because he started it
I have no clue about this stuff, so you guys can just battle it out. I would like to read about it though, both from the christian and non-christian side, because I've only ever read Genesis so I wasn't aware of any "swearing" of any kind.
Please state your evidence and explanation 
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janb
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:17 am |
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A lot depends on your definition of 'swearing" - I can cuss up a blue storm here in america by using English words that don't mean a thing to the people here, but in England my brothers would slap me across the back of the head! Damn to me is a very mild word, but I have been told by the christians in my office it's a cuss word as I am asking their god to damn something/someone. Hm, as it's their god and not mine, what difference does it make? F**k and s**t seem to be everyday cuss words these days, but don't see them in the bible. Surely times change, what offends people change... BTW does the bible say NOT to swear?
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Sunfire249
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:34 pm |
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Lol, thanks justwannachat
Yeah, I think it does change across different cultures, but as justwannachat has mentioned, there seems to be alot of ridiculously offensive words in the bible that, unless there was proper analysis you wouldn't typically catch.
Is this because of the person who wrote it?
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cluallen
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:59 pm |
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Going back to JWC's original point about Jesus' swearing, I also remember Jesus referring to Gentiles as pigs. Calling someone a pig continues to be a serious insult in the Middle East up to the present day, especially among Muslims - who consider them unclean. But overall swearing seems to be very minor issue in the Bible in terms of what God is concerned about.
Sunfire,
The Bible wasn't written by one person. It was written by many different people at many different times and places. Some, like the Apostle Paul, are well known by historians. But others are only shadowy figures who scholars refer to as "J", "A", etc. Even the single book of Genesis had mutiple writers. That's why the story of Creation has two separate and contridicatory versions.
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justwannachat
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:43 am |
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| nevaagin wrote: |
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| ... BTW does the bible say NOT to swear?[/b][/color] |
I believe it says not to take the lord's name in vain and I remember being told at school (I attended a catholic school ironically enough ) that many swear words were corruptions of curses that were openly blasphemous.
e.g. Bloody - comes from the curse By Our Lady
There were others but I can't remember them all.
I don't know where the 'modern' swear words like the 'F' word fit in to that theory though. |
Just "enlightening" you on the 'F' (and 'S') word.
It was a common middle ages English word and used in every day verbal intercourse but became regarded as vulgar only after the Norman conquest.
The word bloody used as an adverb dates back to 1650s: as an intensive, meaning, "very" or "and no mistake".
The origion is associated with bloody battle, bloody butcher etc and there is no connection with the oath's blood!', referring to the blood of Jesus."
I will shut up now.
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