Both can have their uses, but as a general rule I think herbal remedies work better with our bodies since they’re natural and God-made. Modern medicines are more prone to clog up various processing routes in our bodies. But it depends on the medicine and how (and how frequently) it’s used. I definitely make use of both.

Looking at modern…[Read more]

*nods* I can certainly appreciate that. And it may be worth mentioning that I’ve never personally included a (real-world) swear word in any of my books. That one example I used of the “baloney” alternative was the only time it’s even crossed my mind for my own work, and it’s literally been sitting there with “baloney” marked as a placeholder for…[Read more]

Exactly. (Aside from maybe the “should never be used,” but I think that’s a given based on the thread as a whole. XD) The Bible is not “clean,” and nothing in Scripture specifies “curse words” as the language being referred to in those passages. (Which I don’t say to count curse words out of that category, but to ditto that the category likely…[Read more]

Eh. Depends on the day. Today’s been pretty good, aside from the fact that most of my brain cells have been dead all evening.

I agree with phrases like “so-and-so cursed,” or (as discussed earlier) fantasy world-specific curses. In the vast majority of situations, I’d say those are plenty sufficient. The only situation I’ve ever come across…[Read more]

I do agree with that. And like I said earlier, I don’t support using curse words out of laziness. They should always be intentional and well-prayed-over.

I enjoy hearing others’ thoughts on the end times and contributing the occasional opinion here or there, but it’s not something I know a whole lot about. Free will I could debate forever, but we’ve already got that going in another thread. XD And baptism I can argue from both sides, as far as paedobaptism vs. credobaptism, because I grew up…[Read more]

Hm. I hadn’t thought of applying that verse here, but that makes sense.

Nope, all good. 🙂

This is true. And if a store owner/employee wants to be really pushy about it, I’ll either put one on or leave (sometimes both; I wore a mask to my library for a year because it was the rule and a number of the librarians are elderly, but after a year of keeping my distance and barely interacting with anyone anyway due to a…[Read more]

Maybe, but it could just be the normal glitches with the forums. Especially if you included any links.

(After the first paragraph, this is heavily influenced by the fact that I’m American, and it occurred to me partway through writing that this isn’t necessarily an all-American forum, so it might not apply to everyone.)

So an interesting…[Read more]

Re: Cussing in books

I generally gauge the use of coarse language by Ephesians 4:29,

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

This precludes cusswords 99% of the time, because it’s extremely rare that they’re useful for edification. However, I do think that…[Read more]