[Wrigley]

I remember back in high school we thought it was cool to make up different words for curse words. That way we could say we weren't swearing.

The Bible teacher made a comment that really made most us think. He told us we were cowards for not saying what we meant, and also liars that we were saying we were't actually swearing. So not only we were taking the Lord's name in vain, we were lying.

Most of us understood pretty quickly the point he was making and stopped.

Looking at Illbay's use of **** in place of profanity made me think of that.

[drstevej]

A courtesy flag to Illbay re your post #37.

I'm sure the **** stands for something like "hugs."
Crypto-profanity is so out of character for him. :-)

[Illbay]

You can replace **** with the foulest, most putrid pollution you can think of. That's who and what you are. No more than that.

The foulness of those who fight against the Savior of the world--and the hypocrisy as they bleat, like the goats they are, that they instead FOLLOW him, while crucifying him in their hearts afresh--is beyond description.

Even the asterisks aren't sufficient. They're far too mild.