And one extremely creepy video
Feb. 4th, 2012 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Words cannot sum up how horrifying it is. Oddly, I find the bizarre and sudden dance routine far worse then the explicit statement that your mouth is there to make God happy. (And no, you're not alone in picturing something... else when they say that.)
What I don't get, and never have, is why (so many) Christians seem to interpret "Do not take the Lord's name in vain" as meaning "Don't say fuck or shit".
I can see why they can view it as "Don't say oh my god!" even though "God" is pretty obviously a title or description rather than a name. And I can sorta see how that prohibition can be extended to "Damn" or "Hell" (or "Tabernacle"...) I mean, it's all religious terms...?
But other "bad language"? Seriously? That's just stretching the point beyond recognition.
What I don't get, and never have, is why (so many) Christians seem to interpret "Do not take the Lord's name in vain" as meaning "Don't say fuck or shit".
I can see why they can view it as "Don't say oh my god!" even though "God" is pretty obviously a title or description rather than a name. And I can sorta see how that prohibition can be extended to "Damn" or "Hell" (or "Tabernacle"...) I mean, it's all religious terms...?
But other "bad language"? Seriously? That's just stretching the point beyond recognition.
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Date: 2012-02-06 06:04 am (UTC)"Most people consider this inappropriate" is a perfectly valid reason for not saying "shit", and it's certainly more honest to say that to your child (or any child! on tv or otherwise!) than to try to find some convoluted rationale.
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Date: 2012-02-06 09:31 am (UTC)1. America is a big place.
2. There are lots of different kinds of black people.
3. People don't know exactly how many kinds of black people there are in America or where they're all from, so it's all kinda really complicated.
It seems to me the current situation is the result of a long struggle between needing a common identity while not acquiescing to an identity imposed by the oppressor, all the while speaking the oppressor's language as one's native tongue...