Comments on: Theology Thursday: Carrying the Name http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2008/08/bible/theology-thursday-carrying-the-name/ What passes for thought around here... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Seth http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2008/08/bible/theology-thursday-carrying-the-name/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Seth Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:56:52 +0000 http://seth.heasley.net/blog/?p=796#comment-188 Yeah, I'm not big on using words in print I wouldn't speak. Television has a bad case of OMG-itis, too, from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to (insert sitcom of the month here). As the f-word has become a filler in movie dialogue, OMG has done the same on TV. Not sure if it's art imitating life, or it's art imitating life imitating art. Not sure what I just wrote... On the other hand, when I find myself saying, "Geez," I'm not conscious of it relating back to its root (Jesus). It's something that I picked up somewhere and never really examined. I think that pattern holds with many people. Doesn't excuse it, of course. Thanks for the great response! Yeah, I’m not big on using words in print I wouldn’t speak. Television has a bad case of OMG-itis, too, from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to (insert sitcom of the month here). As the f-word has become a filler in movie dialogue, OMG has done the same on TV. Not sure if it’s art imitating life, or it’s art imitating life imitating art. Not sure what I just wrote…

On the other hand, when I find myself saying, “Geez,” I’m not conscious of it relating back to its root (Jesus). It’s something that I picked up somewhere and never really examined. I think that pattern holds with many people. Doesn’t excuse it, of course.

Thanks for the great response!

]]> By: JRupp http://seth.heasley.net/blog/2008/08/bible/theology-thursday-carrying-the-name/comment-page-1/#comment-187 JRupp Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:28:34 +0000 http://seth.heasley.net/blog/?p=796#comment-187 I flinch when I hear who I believe to be Christian believers say Oh My G-- ! . It offends me greatly. I HAVE asked the question to someone: why don't you just stick your mother's name in there or your husband's name in there. Would you still say it? They had no response. Likewise, when bloggers write words that have long been associated with swearing or offensive, I am so disappointed. When bloggers try to camoflauge the offensive swear words with OMG or the ever-popular a$$ ( and whatever else people dream up for expressing themselves), it's just as offensive to me. It's really a jolt to me when people who have authority over our children and adults in a church situation say and write these things. I don't undrstand why people who claim to be believers in Christ joke about these expressions as if we should accept them as a part of the culture of today. In my opinion they have sunk to a level which causes me to question their character as a believer in Christ. An acquaintance of mine told me this story: she was standing in line at an amusement park and the people in front of her kept saying "Oh My G-- ! after every sentence or remark. She got up the nerve to look them in the face and ask ... "who IS your god ? " They swore at her, turned their backs, and were quietly talking after that. Recently a blogger asked the reader to just insert whatever word they felt like expressing into the parenthesis. To what level will Christians stoop to feel like they are connecting with today's culture ? JRupp I flinch when I hear who I believe to be Christian believers say Oh My G– ! . It offends me greatly. I HAVE asked the question to someone: why don’t you just stick your mother’s name in there or your husband’s name in there. Would you still say it? They had no response. Likewise, when bloggers write words that have long been associated with swearing or offensive, I am so disappointed. When bloggers try to camoflauge the offensive swear words with OMG or the ever-popular a$$ ( and whatever else people dream up for expressing themselves), it’s just as offensive to me. It’s really a jolt to me when people who have authority over our children and adults in a church situation say and write these things. I don’t undrstand why people who claim to be believers in Christ joke about these expressions as if we should accept them as a part of the culture of today. In my opinion they have sunk to a level which causes me to question their character as a believer in Christ. An acquaintance of mine told me this story: she was standing in line at an amusement park and the people in front of her kept saying “Oh My G– ! after every sentence or remark. She got up the nerve to look them in the face and ask … “who IS your god ? ” They swore at her, turned their backs, and were quietly talking after that. Recently a blogger asked the reader to just insert whatever word they felt like expressing into the parenthesis. To what level will Christians stoop to feel like they are connecting with today’s culture ?

JRupp

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