Pollutants Of The Worst Kind
Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
by jena
Jena Walker
In the natural world, no element is more necessary to life than air. According to clean air and energy sources the primary pollutants to air are electric power plants and motor vehicles. The domino effects of these sources are a threat to humankind causing lung damage, acid rain, and global warming.
Global warming is the most complex problem in our secular world. These issues are extremely serious and our nation's leaders are working tirelessly to combat and contain them.
Once upon a time anger was the catalyst responsible for hostile words spurting into action. Profane word usage is employed so frequently by the general population of our world today that it has become acceptable as a natural part of conversation.
Casual light-hearted conversations punctuated by cursing, sacrilegious words, and crude, dirty expressions are common today. Without provocation, noise pollutants inundate our world with words of profane and vile content on a continuous basis. Adults and children of all ages use blasphemous words without as much as a flinch.
Profane words obscure beauty. They can condemn, inflame, and destroy relationships. Consequently, sensitive people oftentimes experience lasting hurt when being battered by profanity.
Pollutants of this nature are ungodly and emit deafening sounds that drown out the voice of God's spirit. We live in a world of constant noise pollution that can adversely affect our Christian walk.
The word of God spells it out very clearly concerning the kind of language that must not come from the lips of followers of Jesus Christ. It outlines in no uncertain terms the language that should characterize a Christian's speech. Refer to Colossians 3:8 and 4:6. Gracious speech reflects love and soothing words are healers and menders.
According to Psalms 141:3, as children of God, we are to ask Him to set guard over our mouths and keep watch over the door of our lips. We must purpose it in our minds to guard what we say so that it will not hurt or carelessly offend others. We can be in a world of noise pollution without allowing it to consume us.
Our society blindly ignores socially unacceptable behaviors. The commonly used phrase "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" usually describes one who does not want to be involved in a situation or someone who turns a willfully blind eye to an evil act of involvement.
Luke 6: 45 states that a good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart and a bad person brings bad things out of his treasure of bad things because the mouth speaks of what the heart is full. Words uttered by the mouth, come from the overflowing of the heart. Our lives are shaped by our thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 advises us to guard our hearts for they are the wellsprings of life. This truth lends credence to the statement "Expressions of profane words spilling from a user's mouth signal a problem in the heart."
Periodic or continuous flows of profane words through ones brain can and will adversely affect one's spiritual life. I Timothy 6:20 admonishes us to turn away from Godless chatter or avoid profane babbling. This is an almost impossible feat because the airways are full of profane speech that affects the purity of our hearts. Ephesians 4:29 states: "Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you shall say will do good to those who hear you." Therefore, what comes out of our mouths should edify instead of spreading corruption.
The influence of profanity has worked itself into the very fabric of our society. We have become tolerant of profane language in movie theaters, grocery stores and even in churches. Radio and television personalities also contribute to the proliferation of profanity in our society. We permit our children to play video games that are of profane content. There are no boundaries on age or socio-economic levels when it comes to this addiction. Profane language results in an increase of disrespect from the youngest to the oldest. Our culture has become insensitive to the feelings of small children, which creates an atmosphere in which children are exposed to profanity. This creates a counterproductive environment in both home and school.
The United States constitution guarantees us, as Americans, the freedom of speech. However, we must find alternative ways of expressing ourselves and teach our children speech that is appropriate by example. Parents, teachers, and other adults must become positive role models so that our children will learn to use language in a more productive manner.
Already, some changes have been implemented in our movie theaters television and radio broadcasts by using a rating system and other parentally controlled devices. We are on the right track, but we still have a long road ahead in the effort to deter this contagion and ultimately release its powerful grip on our society. We must eliminate the overt acceptance of profane language and reclaim decency for future generations.
Our nation's leaders will continue to form a united front in an effort to control the primary threats of air pollution and the domino effects causing lung damage, acid rain, and global warming. However, if we as a society want our speech to honor God, we must unite to control the domino effects of noise pollution caused by the destructive effects of "profanity!"
Copyright 2006 Jena Walker
This Article has been viewed 328 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
No comments yet.We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.