Class Discussion

I am not sure what to write about to this blog because I certainly did not understand any of the poems we had to read for next class.  Even looking up words I didn’t know didn’t help.  I am not good with poetry because I feel like people put random things together and expect them to make sense. 

I guess for this post I will write about our discussion in class.  In class we talked about the use to cuss words in literature.  Corrigan pointed out that they are used sometimes to stress the degree of anger or expression by someone.  I think though, that they are unnecessary.  You can say something else and still make it as strong as if you used a cuss word.  I understand that this class is to expose us to all sorts of literature and view things the way the world does, but don’t you think we are already exposed to it enough?  I know I am at least, having gone through public schools up to this point.  It sort of makes me think that there is no good Christian literature out there that isn’t corny or a love story.  Personally, whenever reading the texts for class it is a distraction whenever I come across a cuss word.  I will be enjoying the story and then I get distracted because of the fact that I have to read things at a Christian University about subjects I myself should strive to stay away from, such as cussing and a big one that comes up in our readings, sex.

It was argued in class that it doesn’t say don’t cuss in the bible so it is okay.  Which I 100 percent disagree with because it in fact is in the bible it just doesn’t say “don’t say these specific words.”  Also, it was pointed out that in some cultures it is not offensive to say certain words, but as Christians we are not to conform to culture- we are supposed to be set apart.  Like in the example of being a minister to gangs…just because they cuss doesn’t mean you have to so they don’t think you think that you are better than them.  That’s like saying well they kill people, so you should too. 

At the end of Romans 12:17 it say “Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.”  To me that mean that cussing, along with drinking and other things, the world knows that “Christians don’t do that” and therefore to not look like hypocrites and to not lead anyone astray, we should not do them.