August 31: I Won't Convince Them, So What Should I Say?

Thursday, August 31, 2006

​I’ve been thinking about why swearing is bad. All I can come up with is, “Swearing is bad because it indulges the baser nature and contributes to a society that neither practices nor values respect or honorable and noble actions.”

The problem with my reasons is that they are based on the assumption that being respectful is good. I don’t know that anyone would seriously say respect is bad, but they might say it isn’t necessary at all times. They might also say that swearing is not disrespectful because it is used so much that it has lost its effectiveness. 

The problem with trying to convince people to do right is that they first have to admit that right has value. I don’t think human arguments can bring them to that point.

Emailing college friends are like a lifeline out here where there is no one I can get to be friends with or really talk to. If I get lonely, I can only imagine how hard it would be for a Christian who is also a “social butterfly.”