And one extremely creepy video

[conuly]

Words cannot sum up how horrifying it is. Oddly, I find the bizarre and sudden dance routine far worse then the explicit statement that your mouth is there to make God happy. (And no, you're not alone in picturing something... else when they say that.)

What I don't get, and never have, is why (so many) Christians seem to interpret "Do not take the Lord's name in vain" as meaning "Don't say fuck or shit".

I can see why they can view it as "Don't say oh my god!" even though "God" is pretty obviously a title or description rather than a name. And I can sorta see how that prohibition can be extended to "Damn" or "Hell" (or "Tabernacle"...) I mean, it's all religious terms...?

But other "bad language"? Seriously? That's just stretching the point beyond recognition.

Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Ack, horrifying low-rent Barney-ripoff Sunday School TV!!!

*makes the Voorish sign at the creature: "Ftaghn! Ftaghn!"*

... I don't find the message objectionable in its context. If a person believes in the Judeo-Christian precepts, there are strict standards both about what goes in one's mouth and what comes out of it, based on what God is supposed to want and expect. I find it hard to believe that the little Christian children who are forced to watch this show aren't making merciless fun of it, but that's beside the point; it's no stupider than a lot of other kiddie shows.

In any case, there's nothing wrong with telling children not to be potty-mouths, even if the Bible says nothing about scatological slang or insults, or even if one does not care what the Bible says about anything. Certain words are considered not-nice; a child who uses them is branding himself or herself as low-class, ill-mannered, of indifferent parents and an unwholesome environment, which is not an advantageous image to present.

I think it's sad and fucked-up that peoples minds immediately go into the gutter re "pleasuring God with your mouth", but that's the price of Fundamentalism being so heavily associated with child abuse.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I think it's sad and fucked-up that peoples minds immediately go into the gutter re "pleasuring God with your mouth", but that's the price of Fundamentalism being so heavily associated with child abuse.

No, that's the price of the phrase "pleasuring someone with your mouth" being so heavily associated with oral sex. I think that association kicks in even without the child abuse issue.

Granted, that may be a non-native speaker thing. Maybe "to pleasure [X] with your mouth" has a whole range of innocent meanings that I just don't know, seeing how I only come across the phrase in English-language slash fiction. To my understanding, "to please ..." would be less heavily loaded, but what do I know, really?