A handful of the kids in my Bible class seem to be asking alot of questions about cussing. Like why is it wrong….or is this type of cussing wrong to say. Things like that. I have a feeling I’ll have to address it sooner or later. I’m thinking a special topic class is in order for this type of thing. We’ll have to forgo our current topic of Matthew to handle this.
If anything this is the time in their lives where they are exposed more and more to bad language. I can remember in elementary school rarely hearing a cuss word. Sure we had potty mouth conversations, but never really hard hitting cuss words that would get bleeps out on the Disney Channel. Then moving on to 7th grade, bad language seemed to be all over the place. Out in the open, so it seems. Being around that type of thing, some people tend to immerse themselves in that type of environment and slowly become accustomed to cussing. It begins to become almost second nature to some people (the Osbornes).
Personally I’m not enormously offended by cussing, possibly because I am exposed to it so often in today’s media. Although I’d rather not be around it. Cuss words are a form of vernacular for people who can’t think of a better way of expressing themselves. That’s all.