Thursday 27 August 2009

Blasphemous Uses of God's Riches: Hold Your Tongue

Here is a list of some curses and alternative curses people used back in the day and today to blaspheme:

  • Jesus Christ!
  • Jeez, or Gees, or Geez! (alt. Jesus)
  • Jeepers Creepers! ( alt. Jesus Christ)
  • Jiminy Cricket (alt. Jesus Christ)
  • Jumping Jehoshaphat/Jehosaphat
  • Dog gummit (alt. God Dammit)
  • Gosh Darn (alt. God Damn)
  • In God's name!
  • O My God!
  • O My Gosh! (alt. God)
  • O My Goodness! (alt. God [Whom is "Good"])
  • Golly! (alt. God)
  • By George! (alt. God)
  • I Swear to God! (James 5:12)
  • O My Word! (His Word)
  • What the Hell?
  • What the Heck? (alt. Hell)
  • What in God's name?
  • Bless his/her soul/heart... but...(Intentionally bruising another believer and appearing righteous as they do it)

If you don't believe me, look it up in the dictionary.

And any grumbling, groaning, and ungrateful curses to the life God has given to us is also blasphemous.


Alternatives of the F-word: Frick, Freaking, Frigging, etc.

The list goes on! Also, any laziness, complaining and whining is an insult to the life God gives us. You can change the word so it's less harsh, but it's still a curse.

Now, sometimes one person may use OMG in astonishment of something so miraculous, that's different. But using God's without regard to Him is disrespectful. Using God's name so loosely is like dragging His name through the mud. We don't even deserve to call Him, let alone have His mercy. But as gracious as He is, He allows us to live, He freely gives us life through repentence and faith in Jesus Christ. After what He has done for you, How could you use His name profanely?

If we don't get what we want, we should not whine and complain, but put our faith in Jesus. When we whine and complain we expect that life should be going our way. This is because of our pride. After we repent, acknowledge what He did on the cross and put our trust in the Lord we must be meek and humble, remove our pride, and become lower than the dirt we walk on and crawling things in the earth, and declare that we are unworthy of this life that was given to us on the cross because God loves us so. We are not saved because of a pithy apology, but because of what Jesus did on the cross. Put your thanksgiving and faith into the Lord Jesus Christ every day.

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