[Welsh Rabbit]

I guess there is something wrong with me when I feel this way because Sarah Wert, a psychologist at Yale said in the New York Times article, “Not participating in gossip at some level can be unhealthy and abnormal.”

Yeah, leave it to the psychologists to demean what should be considered a virtue.

[martin_fierro]

Gossip, Is It a Good Thing?

Just between you, me and the lamppost, I hear it's a bad thing.

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[starfish923]

Sigh.
I'm afraid gossip is here to stay.

It's fodder for the mundane, warm fuzzies for the news starved and bored; it's manna from heaven when the bad gossip is about someone who is a grade-A, blue-ribbon a****le.
I know it's Schadefreude but it's also nice to be around to watch/hear when what goes around......finally comes around.

Nasty gossip about rotten politicians such as "Hit Rock Bottom" with Hillary Rodham, Ted "Hic!" Kennedy and their ilk really is just plain fun. I LOVED Dick Morris' book Hillary. It was chock full of verified gossip. Sorry to say but I did enjoy it very much.

Nasty gossip about movie stars is just boring to me but many Sleazywood-philes LIVE for it.

The line between passing on NEWS about people and gossiping is....what? an opinion? a feeling? Who designates that it is "useless"? Who designates it as "bad"?

I know, I know. The Christian thing is to never say anything bad or negative about anyone, ever, even though the seven deadly sins of anger, pride, envy, lust, sloth and gluttony DO NOT include "gossip."
I can think of so many worse sins than gossip. Abortion comes to mind.

Lol, will ya just listen to me?

[Perseverando]

I just recently re-discovered Last Days Ministries (Melody & Keith Green). Here's a link to their website, and a great tract on Gossip written by Melody Green. Also, check out many more tracts in the Article Index of tracts. By the way, there are some great pro-life tracts listed on the page.

They also have an Online Store for purchasing books, CD's, DVD's, song books, tracts, etc.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Gossip, Is It a Good Thing?

Well...I heard that Mrs. Johnson down the block told her sister-in-law that her hairdresser has it on the best authority that gossip is simply super. Just super.