My MIL was a member of a fundamentalist evangelical church. She would not say the name "Satan", because that would be glorifying him.fierceredpanda wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:44 pm
These are people who think words have magical powers, though, so you can understand why they would think that cursing and blasphemy should be verboten. I mean, clearly the first person who says "Jesus fucking Christ, this fucking website doesn't fucking work fuck fuckity fuck piece of shit fuck!" is going to open a gaping maw in the Earth from which Baal or whoever will emerge to feast upon the souls of the living. Right?
I never got that. I always wanted to ask her if I said "Jesus is s big poopy-head", would that be glorifying him?
Context is everything.
"Bitch" is not a swear word, if it is applied to a female dog. It is, if it is used about a female human.
"Damn" is not a swear word, if it is used to refer to something that provides evidence of wrongdoing. "Matt Gaetz' Venmo transfers are very damning evidence that he paid for sex", is not swearing. "Damn it, I hit my thumb with a hammer" is swearing.
My MIL never said as much, but she acted as if saying "Praise the Lord" a lot, covered a multitude of sins. That's why she could overlook Jim Bakker's financial fraud, and Jimmy Swaggert's marital infidelity. They both shouted "Praise the Lord", with almost every sentence.
So, yeah. She believed in magic words.