Why should a Christian avoid profanity including profane language?
Because the Christian should respect those things that are holy. How can we love, obey, and live for God if we treat him with contempt? The book of Malachi deals with this issue. Profanity (in language, action, deed, or even thought) shows disrespect for God and what belongs to him and what is holy to him. Therefore, a Christian should not be profane since profanity shows division within. The division exists because by saying we are a Christian, we confess to being holy and being of God. Profanity on the other hand states that we don t care about holy things. Why shouldn t a Christian Cuss (swear)? Swearing has a bad association. It is taboo. Therefore, a Christian shouldn t swear because it would associate us with that which is considered taboo, forbidden, of just bad. Christians want to be associated with those things that are good. Both of these must be lined up with the Bible in matters of what is good and what is bad. I did all this to clear up the following excerpt from an articl
