Eric's thoughts

On Thursday, I came back to the office expecting to find on my computer screen saver Nehemiah 6:3, which is a verse that I find inspiring (for your sake and time I won’t explain why right now). However, I walked to my computer to find Dueteronomy 22:10. Which is a good reason not to show a picture of your Pastor and boss on the big screen in church as a dead ringer to Ned Flanders of The Simpsons. Especially if he believes in revenge.

For those with out a Bible in front of them, here it is, "Do not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.” Not quite as inspiring. Unless you happen to own an ox and a donkey and have a problem with harnessing them together, then by all means, apply away.

Shockingly, the verse did inspire some discussion amongst some when the same verse was read from the King James Version. For those of you with out a King James, I'm sure you can figure it out. And if you are still in the dark, password is...“donkey.”

The discussion then moved from the verse to what exactly is a cuss word? Is cussing a heart issue or is it even a sin? Do people not cuss just because a good Christian is not supposed to or because it might be offensive to others? Is saying the word “shoot” the same as the other one (see, I can’t even get myself to write it out for fear of what one might think of me.) And if not, what if I said it in anger? Someone even asked me if my kids asked me about cussing what would I tell them? I guess I’d tell them not to do it, but the best reason I could come up with was because it’ll make their dad look bad if they do. Should that be the main reason why those words shouldn’t came out of our mouths, or is there more to it?

So there’s my question, all because in the King James they were too lazy to spell out the word donkey.