The Power of Words Part 2

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