swearing God's name in vain, should it be banned from public schools? Options

[azn_r4pf4n]

I like to bring this subject up. Here's the question: Should swearing God's name in vain be banned from public schools?

I would say yes, it should be banned. My reason: Because of the fact that I'm trying to be religious and hearing things like, "Oh my ***," can offend me. It's like another way of offending somebody's religion.

Some people might say "No." A possible reason is that they aren't religious. Some teachers in my school don't allow people saying that term, "Oh my ***," because it offends Christianity, and it's the dominant religion in the US. Other teachers will let you say it because they don't care about that term that much.

Another possible reason people won't want to ban it is that it might be a "waste of a rule." How is that a possible reason b/c it's a "waste of a rule"? Consider the facts: Yes, there are a lot of Evangalistic Christian parents, but is there a lot of Evangalistic children? If there isn't, it would make that rule "a waste of a rule."

So what's your opinion?

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[angel-roh]

Yeah same here.
I think it should be banned.
I mean I'm very religious.
My heart is full of Christianity and
when I hear someone using God's name in vain.
I do not like it. I hear a lot of createblog members
using God's name in vain. Yeah I ignore it, but
it's sickening. And neither I do not want to quit
CB... whenever I look at it, I just sing "Our God
is an awesome God" you know that song, yeahh...
So yeah I think it should be banned from our school.
Because I know that half of our school students are
most likely Christianity hehe...
.
.

[gigiopolis]

Yeah same here.
I think it should be banned.
I mean I'm very religious.
My heart is full of Christianity and
when I hear someone using God's name in vain.
I do not like it. I hear a lot of createblog members
using God's name in vain. Yeah I ignore it, but
it's sickening. And neither I do not want to quit
CB... whenever I look at it, I just sing "Our God
is an awesome God" you know that song, yeahh...
So yeah I think it should be banned from our school.
Because I know that half of our school students are
most likely Christianity hehe...
.
.

It just doesn't make sense to me...how is it SICKENING? It's not like they're going up to you and saying "The God that Susan believes in is a bit fat hunk of lard, useless piece of crap." (just an example)

Just how is someone saying something that is NOT offensive to THEM and a whole lot of people something that should be banned? The thing about swearing God's name in vain is that it isn't like racism or sexism, that it's a form of discrimination and that you're insulting and putting down what they believe in or who they are, but this is just a matter of religious rules and conduct.

Since swearing God's name in vain is only a sin if you're religious, then why would it be considered hate or offensiveness if someone nonreligious said it? The person saying it is merely saying something that, if that person were to be religious, would be a sin to them and only them. The person swearing God's name will NOT affect you, will NOT affect the religious person. This is the same with same sex marriages: if two people are doing something that is sinful, why are you so against it? They't not affecting you or ruining your good terms with God and chances to get into heaven. Why do you have to make such a big deal out of it?

The other thing that gets me is, if swearing God's name in vain should be banned, then why not swearing in general? It's ridiculous to ban something that offends only one part of a population, the religious people, and not everyone else, when there is something else out there that is offensive to EVERYONE. It's a preposterous idea to ban swearing in general, and even a more preposterous idea to ban swearing God's name in vain, because it's not even offensive to the whole general public.