Lance wrote: > Might any of us who are sensitive to the short > of language you and Kevin employ while Street > Preaching legitimately ask that you two no longer > do so.
What kind of words are you talking about, Lance? Of course you can ask us to reconsider our language, but street preaching and this forum are two different things. Ad hominem remarks can be used in street preaching as they sometimes aid in gathering a crowd, but we discourage their use here because they tend to drive the crowd away rather than gather them together. Lance wrote: > As to the vulgar use of four letter words may I ask > if this should include acronyms? I would prefer you not use acronyms either, no s*** or f*** or any such abbreviations. We should be able to communicate just fine here without dragging our minds into the gutter. Vulgar words and their acronyms are not necessary. The very request to use them makes it clear to me that when you suggest that everyone's life on TruthTalk is all the same in regards to following Christ is completely wrong. Lance wrote: > (I believe I'm correct on this word choice). I speak > of that language which is a sort of 'sanitized/cleaned > up' version of these 'vulgar' words. I'm not against expletives that are not swear words. Unfortunately, the movie industry has made it so that these appear to be cleaned up versions of swear words, but they really are not. They are expletives that might generate an appropriate emotion. For example, I used the phrase, "Ah shucks" to Bill to help convey the tongue in cheek attitude that I had, something which I failed to communicate in that post for which I had apologized. In other words, I didn't want him to think that I was trying to fight on a point, but rather that I had a bit of humor in what I was saying to him. Using a swear word to try and effect this does something more than that. It moves us into the gutter, into a different spiritual realm with evil spirits who relish language of that sort. For me to say just one curse word, whether it is because I hit my thumb with a hammer or because I want to sound cool to others, would cross a line which is grevious to the Holy Spirit of God. It would put me into fellowship with that which is not of God. Lance wrote: > As to us guys 'pushing you over the edge this time', > may I ask if this is some sort of euphemistic expression > for sin? No. As I have said many times before, resorting to ad hominem argumentation is not sin. This guideline we encourage here is simply to make the list better than it otherwise would be. Crossing the line is something all of us have to consciously think about because our conscience is not going to convict us about it. Why? Well, it is not sin. Jesus himself spoke this way many times. [ But never on TruthTalk. :-) ] Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
