My childhood best friend misinterpreted "don't swear" (I.e. use cuss words) as not being able to swear you'd do things, like she thought she couldn't pinky swear and such.
That was actually a thing that I tried not to do when I was younger. It was a derivation of the third commandment. Don't take the Lord's name in vain => don't swear by the Lord casually => don't make promises casually.
My childhood best friend misinterpreted "don't swear" (I.e. use cuss words) as not being able to swear you'd do things, like she thought she couldn't pinky swear and such.
A loooooot of kids around here did the same thing, or at least did when I was a kid
My childhood best friend misinterpreted "don't swear" (I.e. use cuss words) as not being able to swear you'd do things, like she thought she couldn't pinky swear and such.
as yarrun implied, there are religious orders that require you not swear in that way; members thereof will often "affirm" when taking oaths
That was actually a thing that I tried not to do when I was younger. It was a derivation of the third commandment. Don't take the Lord's name in vain => don't swear by the Lord casually => don't make promises casually.
My childhood best friend misinterpreted "don't swear" (I.e. use cuss words) as not being able to swear you'd do things, like she thought she couldn't pinky swear and such.
as yarrun implied, there are religious orders that require you not swear in that way; members thereof will often "affirm" when taking oaths
Huh, interesting! I was unaware of this. Maybe she didn't actually misinterpret, in that case.
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
(Along with other commandments of a less religion-specific nature.)
Blame South Park.
And having older siblings.
Matthew 5:33-37