Continuing on the wordy posts...
So I was talking with my best friend and she said I should write a blog post on swearing. I got a Tumblr account about a month ago, (I don't know why it was the worst mistake I made in my life) and I have encountered a lot of people on this website who use words that I believe are offensive and rude and vulgar regularly. (mostly the f-word) And when I say regularly, I mean that they use these words at least five times a sentence. Now I don't wish to judge anyone, I know people who have very different views on this and that would probably disagree with me. I'm not going to start an argument or send hate mail or anything, this is just my personal opinion and this is my blog so I'm writing it on here.
There are two sides to this. One, the use of the f-word in internet debates and hate mail, and two, the use of the same word in daily communication.
I believe that internet debates are not always to be avoided, they are good ways to see how other people think and to share your opinion. However, when the debates start to get to the point where people are insulting each other personally, it needs to be stopped. It has become the norm to use the f-word in various insulting sentences intended to harm, humiliate and tear people down. It seems to be the most offensive word people can use off the top of their heads to insult someone.
In daily communication, I makes me want to gag. Everything is just f this, f that, and apparently humanity's IQ is low that we can't even thing of any other word to use to describe anything anymore. The future really isn't looking bright for our children.
In other words, using such profanity is shameful, hurtful, arrogant and just downright lacking in decency. But so is other hateful talk.
Ephesians 4:29 says:
"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." ESV
I think we all need to remember this verse when we talk to others.
“Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” - Matthew 15: 10b - 11
Monday, February 10, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The Power of Words
Ok so sorry I don't post as much as I used to, life is crazy and I am starting to have to face the fact that I'm an adult (or quite nearly).
I recently finished a manga titled "Alice 19th". It is a story about sisters who fight over a guy. Well, basically. Ok, I know this sounds quite cheesy, but bear with me. It is officially the best manga I've read for several reasons. But first I'll explain the plot a little. Manga and animes are known to have ridiculous plots and dragged out stories (Charles Dickens, anyone?) so I apologize in advance if this makes absolutely no sense.
The story begins with two sisters in high school who end up falling for the same guy. The heroine of the story and the younger sister Alice, falls in love with upperclassmen Kyo. (I told you it sounds cheesy at first, seriously it really isn't.) It turns out her older sister Mayura is also in love with him and asked him out on his birthday, to which Kyo responded "he needed to think about". Alice is upset because she loves Kyo and her sister, but is frustrated and too afraid to tell Kyo how she feels. Mayura knows nothing about her sisters feelings because Alice is very reserved. They end up having an argument in which Alice tells Mayura she wishes she would "disappear". Mayura does just that, to Alice's shock.
The story goes on and Alice finds out she is a Lotis Master who can use words and wield them as power, which was why Mayura disappeared. Kyo also is a Lotis Master, and after certain side characters appear (I won't get into them), they discover that Mayura has been captured by the Darkness, or Mara. Alice and Kyo need to master the words of Lotis to save Mayura and the rest of the world from the Mara. They are told they are prophesied to do this, and become the Neomasters of Lotis.
There are a lot of details to this story that I won't bother explaining. But I liked it because of the message it gave. Words are important and how we use them is even more important. Sometimes our words can be more hurtful than the physical and this story (in an extreme way) emphasized this. It also stressed how important it is to be open and tell the truth right away, which is something that I struggle with since I'm introverted and reserved like Alice. The more darkness we keep inside us, the worse it becomes. I'm reminded of a poem titled "The Poison Tree" I studied recently in British Lit by William Blake.
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Words can kill people, and so can the lack of. Openness is peace, and a quiet mouth isn't always humble.
I recently finished a manga titled "Alice 19th". It is a story about sisters who fight over a guy. Well, basically. Ok, I know this sounds quite cheesy, but bear with me. It is officially the best manga I've read for several reasons. But first I'll explain the plot a little. Manga and animes are known to have ridiculous plots and dragged out stories (Charles Dickens, anyone?) so I apologize in advance if this makes absolutely no sense.
The story begins with two sisters in high school who end up falling for the same guy. The heroine of the story and the younger sister Alice, falls in love with upperclassmen Kyo. (I told you it sounds cheesy at first, seriously it really isn't.) It turns out her older sister Mayura is also in love with him and asked him out on his birthday, to which Kyo responded "he needed to think about". Alice is upset because she loves Kyo and her sister, but is frustrated and too afraid to tell Kyo how she feels. Mayura knows nothing about her sisters feelings because Alice is very reserved. They end up having an argument in which Alice tells Mayura she wishes she would "disappear". Mayura does just that, to Alice's shock.
The story goes on and Alice finds out she is a Lotis Master who can use words and wield them as power, which was why Mayura disappeared. Kyo also is a Lotis Master, and after certain side characters appear (I won't get into them), they discover that Mayura has been captured by the Darkness, or Mara. Alice and Kyo need to master the words of Lotis to save Mayura and the rest of the world from the Mara. They are told they are prophesied to do this, and become the Neomasters of Lotis.
There are a lot of details to this story that I won't bother explaining. But I liked it because of the message it gave. Words are important and how we use them is even more important. Sometimes our words can be more hurtful than the physical and this story (in an extreme way) emphasized this. It also stressed how important it is to be open and tell the truth right away, which is something that I struggle with since I'm introverted and reserved like Alice. The more darkness we keep inside us, the worse it becomes. I'm reminded of a poem titled "The Poison Tree" I studied recently in British Lit by William Blake.
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine.
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Words can kill people, and so can the lack of. Openness is peace, and a quiet mouth isn't always humble.
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