Ep 78 – Swearing

Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund

Personal Journals, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2014

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Do you swear like a sailor? Do you judge other people who do? Jake leads a panel discussion with Bob, Randy, and Glenn about swearing as a part of Mormon culture. You can take our swearing survey here: http://www.proprofs.com/survey/t/?title=tpb68

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0:00.0	The Book of Mormon teaches us that when we are brought before the judgment bar of God,
0:06.6	our words will condemn us and our thoughts will also condemn us.
0:10.6	Let us recognize profanity and vulgarity for what they are. They are sins that separate
0:16.4	us from God and cripple our spiritual defenses by causing the Holy Ghost to withdraw from us.
0:23.0	A speaker who mouths profanity or vulgarity
0:25.8	to punctuate or emphasize speech confesses inadequacy
0:30.4	in his or her own language skills.
0:33.0	Properly used modern languages require no such artificial boosters.
0:39.0	A speaker who employs profanity or vulgarity to catch someone's attention with shock effect, engages in a
0:47.4	babyish device that is inexcusable as juvenile or adult behavior.
0:53.2	Such language is morally bankrupt.
0:56.4	It is also progressively self-defeating,
0:59.6	since shock diminishes with familiarity and the user can only maintain its effect by escalating
1:06.4	its excess.
1:09.5	Members of the church, young or old, should never allow profane or vulgar words to pass their lips.
1:17.0	The language we use projects the images of our hearts and our hearts should be pure. Is that the best you can do?
1:26.0	Well, bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.
1:32.0	Public school pring could do better than that.
1:35.0	Shit.
1:37.0	Shit.
1:38.0	Shit.
1:39.0	Shit.
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