is "oh my goodness" bad.. thats what i say
SPONGEBOB ALL THE WAY ....man i am 17 year old guy and i still have spongebob beadsheets....talk about manhood.....i'm so sorry i said that, just said it for fun.Thanks much
That is what I finally ended up with, but it took me awhile to get there. It is difficult to "unlearn" things that are deeply ingrained.
_________________Mike Balog
I always heard it called christian cussing. It is the way people found to express themselves the way they "used to" without blatantly cussing. There is a great long list of them. I bought a couple of slang and euphemism books a couple of years ago to prove that I wasn't the only one with this thought. It started with gee whiz and now I hear "that Frickin S**ks" in the youth groups. Hey it's only words, right? As far as God's name that really is the issue. I have been praying that we would once again reverence the great name of our God. One thing that really grieves me is when christians go around saying "oh gawd" It doesn't dawn on them what they are saying or doing because it has become to acceptable to lightly esteem His wonderful name. Many of the golden years of television were committed to desensitizing christians. I know that it isn't a perfect use of the scripture, but I think that your yes should be yes and your no, no. In application, I am always telling my daughter (15) maybe there is nothing really wrong with a certain word, but always strive to use the "best" words. I grew up with a Roget's Thesaurus and was always told that we have so many words that mean almost the same thing. Mean what you say and say what you mean. I don't think it has to be legalistic to strive to be our best is treating His great name with the value He Himself placed on it.
_________________Barry Voss
HeartSong wrote:gosh [euphemism for God] (1757)used as a mild oath or to express surprise.golly [euphemism for God] (1775)used as a mild oath or to express surprise.jeez [euphemism for Jesus] (ca 1900)used as a mild oath.jeepers [euphemism for Jesus]jeepers creepers [euphemism for Jesus Christ] (1927)used as a mild oath.EDIT:gee2 [euphemism for Jesus] (1895)used as an introductory expletive or to express surprise or enthusiasmgee whiz interj (1885): GEESource: Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
_________________Connie
Hello Mike,
I would think if we had Leave it to Beaver displacing tonights TV lineup that we had just entered the third Great Awakening.
It seemed similar to other 50 sitcoms, but Beaver had an important difference. In this show, TV looked at children as complete human beings, with their own needs, and personalities, independent of their parent.
Father didnt always know best on Beaver; though Wards advice to this boys sounded wise, it often went awry. But the boys took this in stride, and he remained their number one adviser.
Mayfield was neat, self enclosed society where people where naturally nice (not counting Eddie) and problems were never too painful - the kind of America we believed in at Beavers age and still dream about.
[i]Mayfield was neat, self enclosed society where people where naturally nice (not counting Eddie) and problems were never too painful - the kind of America we believed in at Beavers age and still dream about.[/i]
This is not reality.
Hi Mike,No, I did not watch the show very much. Blessedly I have never been attracted to television to a large degree and a couple of years ago I became so disgusted with it that I quit watching it all together. And now, after seeing how it influences the way we think (or don't think) I avoid it like the plague.The quotes are from here:http://www.leaveittobeaver.org/magazine_articles/mag_culttv.htm
. . . children as complete human beings, with their own needs, and personalities, independent of their parent.
Hi Heartsong...
I know that "Leave it to Beaver" appears to be harmless, but often it is the things that appear to be good that turn out to be the most lethal - for you do not realize that you are being poisoned.
_________________Christopher
How can it be that we are defending a television show that blasphemes the Name of God?