(September 18, 2015 at 5:17 am)robvalue Wrote: It's been my general experience that atheists, on the whole, aren't as bothered by swearing as (religious) theists. They tend to swear more themselves, and are less worried when others do it.

To me, it's not the words used that matter, it's the intent behind the words.

Have other people noticed such a trend? It does make some sense, in that I've found many religious people have problems with things that I don't consider of any importance.

Oh, I've definitely noticed it, you can't miss it.

Even the Theists who DO swear, do it consistently less than Atheists.

I think it's a cultural byproduct of Theism;

they believe they are being judged by an all-knowing invisible being who is privy to their very thoughts;

and for many of them,
I think that the stuff about which they worry about being judged over, most,
are things like their lust,
and how compliant they are to the rules;
(as opposed to worrying about how they're making the people around them feel)


I'm reminded of this meme:




so, anyway,

using words that allude to anything carnal (fuck, twat, cunt)
and certainly words that are blasphemous (goddamn)
or words that show a disregard for authority and decorum in general (shit, bastard, bitch)

...makes them uncomfortable.


So even though there's no actual edict in the Bible to avoid coarse language, that I can think of,
and even though they could curse without actual blasphemy,

I think it just generally goes against their culture of conformity and restraint and self-consciousness and fear.

My two cents.

(September 18, 2015 at 5:34 am)Beccs Wrote: I've been told I swear like a drunk sailor.

This offends me.

I swesr far more proficiently than any inebriated seaman.

Your typing, however, is reasonably comparable to that of said seaman.  

Fuck 'em.

I love a good curse word.

Who?  Moi?

The lady in our small company office gets off the phone and 9 times out of 10, her next words are : fucking brain dead cunt. She's always sworn and having to be professional with customers on the phone, she needs to release..... To me!

(September 18, 2015 at 10:41 pm)MTL Wrote:

(September 18, 2015 at 5:34 am)Beccs Wrote: I've been told I swear like a drunk sailor.

This offends me.

I swesr far more proficiently than any inebriated seaman.

Your typing, however, is reasonably comparable to that of said seaman.  

I do all my posting from my phone and I find it rather difficult to post with the stupid fucking little keyboard.

You'll note I type entire words and not crap like "how r u?"

:-P

M gud ty

If you swear too much it loses its impact when you do.

(September 19, 2015 at 2:41 am)Losty Wrote: M gud ty

I'm gonna shoot you!

;-)

(September 19, 2015 at 2:43 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: If you swear too much it loses its impact when you do.

Depends on the word used.

:-)