Being a (Baptist) Christian myself, but definitely not one who lacks the ability to not swear, I try everyday to limit my cursing to something with substance or not at all, although as it says in this article, the Bible specifically condemns doing so. Whether you’re a Christian or not, swearing is difficult to not do these days. As for this being in the news? Why now? This has been a problem for years. The anger being shown in America has been gradually getting worse, in my opinion, for the past 15 years, more so than at any time in our country’s history. It’s propagated in TV and the radio and cursive language seems to be the norm especially taking the Lord’s name in vain. And even if you don’t accept the Biblical reasons for not doing it, there is still a need to show respect toward others by not doing it and most of all showing self-control toward others in society. And that to me is the biggest threat; our lack of self-control. Biblically speaking, a lack of self-control and showing impatience is a sin. It caused Moses to die earliery than planned because he “tapped” his stick twice for wanting an answer from God NOW. Well, look what happened? Of course that story is not the entire sequence of events, but the underlying theme resonates today; impatience causes problems. We see it while driving, at work, during shopping, and on the train, flying, etc. Impatience is disrespectful and it is acting like a child because of not getting what we want NOW. Look at the media: TV ads say you deserve good credit NOW. A car NOW. A house NOW. Everything is NOW, NOW, NOW. So this idea enters our conscious and we’re being wired to think that this is how life should be, but it isn’t. I also believe that this is why we’re having problems right now in our soured economy is because suddenly, that lie of having everything NOW was just that; a lie. What we’re experiencing is called “Normal”. We’re not supposed to get everything NOW. That is not normal and many families are learning this lesson the hard way. We’re impatient and if we don’t get what we want, we use anger and swear and some people end up using violence. William’s anger and outburst is typical of our American society because it is what all of us are doing.

In conclusion I find it odd that Slate only mentioned “Jehovah's Witnesses, of course, aren't alone in discouraging bad language. Other small, tight-knit Christian groups such as the Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and Brethren”. The Baptist, Catholic’s, Lutheran, Episcopal, Protestant Reformed churches all accept the Bible’s view on this subject. Or does Slate not understand this?