1. It pleases mother so much.
2. It is a fine mark of manliness/ladiness.
3. It proves I have self control.
4. It indicates how clearly my mind operates.
5. It makes my conversation so pleasing to everybody.
6. It leaves no doubt in anyone's mind as to my good breeding.
7. It impresses people that I have more than ordinary education.
8. It is and unmistakable sign or culture and refinement.
9. It makes me a very desirable personality among men, women and children and in respectable society.
10. It is my way of honoring God who said, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
My 15 year old son has been asked by kids at school why he doesn’t swear. He says “cuz I’m a Christian”. One of his friends asked him what that had to do with it. He mentioned the “taking the Lord’s name in vain” - but also realized that didn’t cover most of the words.
So we told him to look in his Bible and gave him some topics to look up in the back - “vularity”, “profanity”, etc.
Just off the top of my head I told him that most of the times when folks swear they are either angry (loss of self-control) or are talking disrespectfully of someone. Neither of which are good examples of a Christian.
Excellent.
I’ve cut way back on my swearing...*sigh*