Recruiting Forum Off Topic Thread III

[Sleegro]

You're right...what is funny is that I never say cuss words, at home or anywhere else. I do think them a lot though when I get angry..lol. If people knew me 20 years ago they would be startled by the transformation, but like I said..I am what I am to this point. I don't think God is "embarrassed" by me at all, I would say he "knoweth my/our frame, and remembers that I am just dust"..

My mom says I'm an embarrassment.

 

[Sleegro]

Is saying the F word a sin? Not like most cuss words were even around then

I wonder what would've been considered a cuss word 2,000 years ago.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Yeah...but I wish that I had never let that be known. This is the only place that I can just be a guy. I don't talk or think like those jerks think I should I reckon, you are a supposed to be some sissy milquetoast that never gets angry or human..the problem is that I am a very dedicated, but extremely flawed country boy redneck that was a scumbag drug dealer sinner decades ago. I don't think I am much different than Peter...but whatever...I am what I am to this point.

Thank you for letting your hair down with a bunch of morans! Excellent use of milquetoast btw.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

McGill, Christ is not surprised by anything we do or say or think, but that doesn't mean he approves of it all. I know you would agree... We are called to pursue holiness, "you be holy for I am holy" ... Not that we ever achieve that here, but that is the pursuit.

So you shouldn't probably be surprised by other people's reaction, IMO.

Like I said...I wish I had never let it be known. I have been thinking to just log out of VN, and stay gone for a while since I seem to bother so many holy folks with my normal guy humanity.

 

[WarMachine]

Like I said...I wish I had never let it be known. I have been thinking to just log out of VN, and stay gone for a while since I seem to bother so many holy folks with my normal guy humanity.

honestly, I don't think anyone wants you to do that... i wholeheartedly just wanted to spur you on like Hebrews 10.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

My mom says I'm an embarrassment.

Lol...mom used to say I was the greatest disappointment in her life...a loooong time ago.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

honestly, I don't think anyone wants you to do that... i wholeheartedly just wanted to spur you on like Hebrews 10.

I actually live a pretty wholesome life..I guess I just don't sound like it sometimes on VN.

 

[utkevdawg1]

Is saying the F word a sin? Not like most cuss words were even around then

It's tricky. The Bible does say "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." Eph 4:29.

So the word itself is not the egregious curse that God vehemently abhors g--d--n or something similar. But it is offensive to others and not useful other than to use it as an exclamatory or angry curse word.

But words ebb and flow over time. Take for example the word "F-g." It was commonly used to denote a bundle of sticks, and later cigarettes. But we all know how it is used today.

Could the f-bomb be moved from offense to commonplace language in the future? Perhaps. But in the meantime, to maintain my witness and show my heart for God, as described above, I could seek out better ways of expressing myself. I do not think God will condemn me for using it, but would certainly be more pleased if I didn't.
"But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man `unclean.'" Matthew 15:18


Sorry didn't mean to get all preachy. I could talk about this stuff for hours. Just wanted to encourage my brother.

 

[WarMachine]

I actually live a pretty wholesome life..I guess I just don't sound like it sometimes on VN.

I am not making any judgments here; just encouragement. I guess you have to evaluate for yourself. Unless you want to ask for feedback from the group.

 

[WarMachine]

Is saying the F word a sin? Not like most cuss words were even around then

Bro, if side-eyeing a female is the same as adultery, and words said in anger are the same as murder, we're all guilty. Words, thoughts, actions, attitudes, I have no hope.

Jesus said in Matt 5:28, "everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart "

 

[rekinhavoc]

I actually live a pretty wholesome life..I guess I just don't sound like it sometimes on VN.

Your tangents on lazy fat unmotivated Butch recruits were perfectly executed.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Jimmy Haslam and Butch Jones are cuss words in TN

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Yeah...but I wish that I had never let that be known. This is the only place that I can just be a guy. I don't talk or think like those jerks think I should I reckon, you are a supposed to be some sissy milquetoast that never gets angry or human..the problem is that I am a very dedicated, but extremely flawed country boy redneck that was a scumbag drug dealer sinner decades ago. I don't think I am much different than Peter...but whatever...I am what I am to this point.

McGill be like...

 

[jakez4ut]

who gets the bill for the mcgill therapy session today?

 

[rekinhavoc]

Jimmy Haslam is a cuss word in TN

Shhh! Don't speak his name . Football curse and all.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I am not making any judgments here; just encouragement. I guess you have to evaluate for yourself. Unless you want to ask for feedback from the group.

This happens every so often, I usually ignore the jerks who throw it in my face. This latest round though is really stupid. @terrypedigo really lit into some guy yesterday that arrogantly corrected his grammar, and told them he only had one arm is why he posts like he does...I posted "lolol" and a couple of embecilic buttheads evidently thought that I was laughing at Terry for only having one arm..

Preacherwebb quoted something somebody said about me, and so I clicked show ignored content to see what it was...and here we are.

 

[Jack Burton]

I actually live a pretty wholesome life..I guess I just don't sound like it sometimes on VN.

I don’t see preachers using the word “hate” as often as you, but I assume you’re just curmudgeonly about everything.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

McGill be like...

Lol..you are a nut

 

[gainesvol82]

Yeah...but I wish that I had never let that be known. This is the only place that I can just be a guy. I don't talk or think like those jerks think I should I reckon, you are a supposed to be some sissy milquetoast that never gets angry or human..the problem is that I am a very dedicated, but extremely flawed country boy redneck that was a scumbag drug dealer sinner decades ago. I don't think I am much different than Peter...but whatever...I am what I am to this point.

McGill you seem like a good guy and I have no issue at all with. But I will say that you come off as very harshly and a little judgemental at times and I think that surprises a lot of folks. I like to think that you are just an Old Testament style kinda guy.

It's also hard to judge intent on a message board though.

 

[bluetick2]

Bro, if side-eyeing a female is the same as adultery, and words said in anger are the same as murder, we're all guilty. Words, thoughts, actions, attitudes, I have no hope.

Jesus said in Matt 5:28, "everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart "

Well, i understand your point but I think the whole idea is that, yes, we are all imperfect.

And, of course there is a difference between murder and cussing, even in gods eyes.

I think the intent is that all sin and evil leads to the same place, not that each and every bad act is equally as bad.

 

[gainesvol82]

I wonder what would've been considered a cuss word 2,000 years ago.

Pretty sure "Megan Mehlen" was the term for a harlot.

 

[VOLATNES]

McGill be like...

@Bassmaster_Vol kids must have shown him a new app. He’s been wearing this one out past couple days. At least he ain’t hangry today!!

 

[WarMachine]

Well, i understand your point but I think the whole idea is that, yes, we are all imperfect.

And, of course there is a difference between murder and cussing, even in gods eyes.

Not to just be contradictory, but I think that was actually the point Jesus was making, that we try to put sins on a continuum, that at least I am not committing adultery or murdering, when the reality is that to God it is all rebellion...

 

[preacherwebb]

Yeah...but I wish that I had never let that be known. This is the only place that I can just be a guy. I don't talk or think like those jerks think I should I reckon, you are a supposed to be some sissy milquetoast that never gets angry or human..the problem is that I am a very dedicated, but extremely flawed country boy redneck that was a scumbag drug dealer sinner decades ago. I don't think I am much different than Peter...but whatever...I am what I am to this point.

I understand the (seemingly) fine line between just being a guy and being what people expect you to be.
All's I can say is ... just be who you are. Be the new creature God made you when He saved you.
We'll never live up to what people expect us to be anyway, right?

Like momma always said, people are gonna do, say, and think what they want to, and we can't help that. We can, however, keep it from being true.

Just try to do right being a regular ole guy. The rest will take care of itself.

 

[chargervol]

Like I said...I wish I had never let it be known. I have been thinking to just log out of VN, and stay gone for a while since I seem to bother so many holy folks with my normal guy humanity.

Pfft.
You being a preacher has no business being mentioned during a debate. Does help with scrolling tho .

Casting stones is bottom of the barrel to me personally.

Comments, likes etc., also raises the question with me, who's in a position to pass judgment?". Heck, even I can answer that one.

VN pulpit riding mixed with stone casting, well.. back to football.