I didn't say the power of a word is diminished by its' overuse...you did. Don't put words in my mouth. Your response absolutely proves my point. AND I have read the Bible through many times and it is a perfect example of the beauty of language and its' ability to articulate beautifully and clearly.
Isaiah 36:12 "But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?" King James Version (KJV)
How is the word dung different from shit? Bad words in the bible? I'm shocked.
shit | Origin and meaning of shit by Online Etymology ... Search domain www.etymonline.com/word/shithttps://www.etymonline.com/word/shit shit (v.) Old English scitan, from Proto-Germanic *skit- (source also of North Frisian skitj, Dutch schijten, German scheissen), from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split." The notion is of "separation" from the body (compare Latin excrementum, from excernere "to separate," Old English scearn "dung, muck," from scieran "to cut, shear;" see sharn).
1 Samuel 25:22: “So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.” 1 Samuel 25:34: “For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.”
1 Kings 14:10: “Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.”
1 Kings 16:11: “And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.”
1 Kings 21:21: “Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,….”
2 Kings 9:8: “For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:….”
But I digress. Let's get back to "fuck"
https://www.etymonline.com/word/fuck
It's just a word that has many uses. So you don't like to hear it or see it in print. I don't care. Perhaps you can't understand the nuances of context and how that changes the meaning. I don't give a fuck. The problem is in your mind and your limited understanding.
Great response! Swearing can be very effective in getting a message across that proper English just can't do.
Yes. Especially when you smash finger.
Since you are hung up on the etymology of the Word "piss" in the Bible here is a link that may interest you. https://forwhatsaiththescriptures.org/2017/08/17/pisseth-against-the-wall/
I am sure other words used have a similar history. God spoke through men to write the Bible...I didn't so whatever criticisms you have take it up with him.
When you do battle with God you lose so I hope you find the peace that you are so sorely lacking.
I have no problem with God. It's simpering fools such as yourself I have issue with.
Again...putting words in my mouth...when did I say I don't like to hear it or see it in print. I am talking about being the best human you can be and aspiring to the finest speech you can muster.
I acknowledge there are garbage dumps in the world but do I want to live there. NO...my choice.. you are also free to choose. If the best you can come up with to communicate is fuck, hell, piss etc. then so be it. If everybody is doing something it doesn't make it right and if you get to make choices, I get to make choices and they should both be equally accepted.
This is way off topic. Take it up in your own thread.
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