Paul is eating my soul!

I twittered this earlier, but now it requires more thought.

So here I am minding my own business, exegeting the shit out of Philippians (4:8-9 to be exact) when suddenly I realized that Philippians was exegeting the shit out of me.

Let me explains...

I went into this passage with the hopes and dreams that it would support my argument that it's all good for Christians to cuss. Well... a few verses and some commentaries later I am shocked (well not really) to discover that my exegesis concludes that Christians should not cuss.

What?!

Apparently we are to think about good things like purity and justice and righteousness and shit like that.

Well.... but...it's just that.............I don't wanna...

And therein lies the beginning of Paul (and I suppose Jesus too) eating my soul.

I have proof now that cussing is something I shouldn't do. Yet, I still find myself burning with the need to say a bad word. I mean, my whole argument for ignoring this passage is "I don't wanna?" Really? That logic would fail in any other place in life, yet for some reason it is the only thing I can hang my hat on...

subsequently has anyone tried to hang their hat on their boner? Does it work?

I digress...

I am now sitting here looking at my soul and wondering what is to become of it. Can I... dare I... stop cussing? But if I choose to ignore this exegesis am I not spitting in the face of God now?

I think I'm addicted to cussing.

I don't use it all the time, which is the true power of my addiction, because I don't feel like I have a problem. But if we aren't supposed to cuss, and yet I do, is that not choosing to go against God?

Hmmm....

OR..... do I chalk it up to the fact that the Bible was written in a different time with different cultural norms?

It all boils down to definitions for me. The definition of shit is feces or excrement. Definition of crap? Same thing.

Definiton of fuck? (well that word is wonderful cause it has so many different meanings) Screw can be replaced for it. or Frick. or Frak (BSG!)

Bitch? Better people than I say Bee-yotch! Which for some reason I refuse to use.

For those genius people out there I'll drop a SAT example on you. Ass is to butt as pussycat is to feline (I enjoy using that word in other words such as "Quit pussyfooting around!").

So here is what I am faced with. Apparently it is wrong to cuss because it is the opposite of dwelling on good things. HOWEVER what I have learned from my culture is that crap, frick, shoot, butt, and somehow bee-yotch are appropriate words.

If the words themselves are not wrong, but the meaning behind them, then aren't those Christians just as bad as me for saying those words? And they sound more retarded (bee-yotch... seriously... how did that become popular).

So...do I change my ways, or stick to my guns because in this culture we live in it is more accptable?

See my dilema.....

sigh....

I just don't know what to do....

seriously one thought keeps coming to mind when I read this....

well....fuck.


you just got your dose of THE DAILY D!

...drink it in...