The insanely boring life…

I have to confess that I do not agree with everything that Christianity preaches, but surely if you claim to be a Christian, should you act as the Bible dictates?

I know this has been covered to the point of becoming boring, but I have recently noticed oddities that I feel I need to point out.

In my school, kids walk around the school preaching the word of God to every Tom, Dick and Harry (I may be exaggerating, but that doesn’t disprove the point). Every second person will sing the Christian songs as if it is the last song they will ever sing. However (and that’s the problem)…

The next moment you hear them saying (and I quote): “I can’t believe we have that f***ing subject with that motherf***ing teacher next period. She’s such a c***. Did you do your homework?”

At which point the other would reply, “F*** no, dude. I don’t even f***ing care anymore.”

I marvel at the creative use of descriptive language and the various meanings one can apply to a single word, but let us take a moment to review the situation: A moment ago they were singing praises to their superior being (in this case, God), and God told them in many places in the Bible that you are not allowed to swear (even casually).

For instance:

Matthew 12:34-36: “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”

Psalm 19:14: “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”

Matthew 5:37: “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”

I find it hilarious that people can say they believe in what the Bible says, and yet they probably don’t even know of the existence of these lines.

And then there are people who have the audacity to say: “Oh, but sh** isn’t a swearword.”

Profanity has nothing to do with “this word is bad” and “this word is good”. It has to do with the general connotation of the word and what you are trying to say with it. Ask yourself then: How do you know that f*** is and c*** are swearwords, and yet sh** is not? If that doesn’t say anything to you, try this exercise: Since you are a Christian, you must believe in Heaven. If that is true, you will be judged by God before you may enter it. When that day comes, I dare you to stand in front of God and tell him, “I need to go sh**,” or perhaps, “you are the sh**.”

I am certain that you would not do that, and that is where your definition of what profanity is should come from. Any word that you can say without shame or fear in front of your God is pure, yet any word you would not dare say in front of Him is profanity.

Now, as I’ve said, I am not connected to any religion at the moment. I just think that if people say they believe in something, they should believe more than little bits and pieces of it (and try to convince themselves that they believe it fully).