tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post4112832585266616588..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: So Vain...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-3496258842451132752007-02-14T16:03:00.000-08:002007-02-14T16:03:00.000-08:00I give up swearing every Lent and fine myself ever...I give up swearing every Lent and fine myself every time I slip (usually at the office). Around about Eastertime, I've got a coffeecup of change to go into the poor box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-54186812060672722092007-02-09T15:43:00.000-08:002007-02-09T15:43:00.000-08:00amen verdugo!amen verdugo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-48838395420925355412007-02-08T17:46:00.000-08:002007-02-08T17:46:00.000-08:00I, too, am prone to cursing the inanimate. I can ...I, too, am prone to cursing the inanimate. I can accept imperfection and failings in my fellow carbon-based lifeforms, but really can't accept when my computer/ DVD player/ car/ cell phone/ whatever doesn't do what it's supposed to!!!<BR/><BR/>On a different note, in a recent sermon on "taking the Lord's name in vain" the preacher emphasized one way we do this is when we presumptuously claim divine authority ("God told me...") for things that are merely our own opinion/ interpretation. On a happy note, LC, I think this is one form of "cursing" you're blessedly free from. Sadly, many of my evangelical brethren are not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-56804228545442125932007-02-08T14:36:00.000-08:002007-02-08T14:36:00.000-08:00even when i spoke solely in my native tongue (prof...even when i spoke solely in my native tongue (profanity) rather than only periodically, I couldn't ever express that one. <BR/><BR/>i can say anything (and i mean <I>anything</I>) else without a thought, but i always figured i was such a bad girl, He'd strike me down ;-)<BR/><BR/>lutherans. blogging. i'm stunned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-20084610449022964712007-02-08T11:23:00.000-08:002007-02-08T11:23:00.000-08:00Thank you Lutheran Chik for coming out on this and...Thank you Lutheran Chik for coming out on this and Mata H for the inspired suggestion of blessing things instead of damning them...this is a real problem for me esp. as my son gets older and more likely to pick it up.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-80454234671621442642007-02-08T06:43:00.000-08:002007-02-08T06:43:00.000-08:00In my quest to learn a second language I have real...In my quest to learn a second language I have realized how silly swearing really is. In English the worst thing we can tell someone is to go do something pleasurable, and in Quebecois French they use the names of objects on the altar at church.<BR/><BR/>But I think the point of getting frustrated and angry at inanimate objects is a very good one. I am also someone who does that and am trying not to. Why should I expect inanimate objects to conform to my will?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-18169405091416826362007-02-07T19:39:00.000-08:002007-02-07T19:39:00.000-08:00WooooHoooo, can I relate! I recently started subst...WooooHoooo, can I relate! I recently started substituting the word "Bless" for the word "Damn" and can now be heard loudly saying "God BLESS it!!!!" to things like my lost shoe, a spilled cup of coffee, etc. <BR/><BR/>--MataMata Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097615918403870130noreply@blogger.com