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In this Ask Doug segment, Pastor Wilson talks about the use of swearing and vulgar language by characters in stories (movies, plays, books).
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You compare acting out a murder with a scene where a woman undresses. You justified the former because it didn’t really happen. You also condemned the latter because it did really happen, regardless of what the acting was about. I think that is a great comparison.
You also talk about a character cussing or taking God’s name in vain. Could you explain why you view that more like the murder rather than the undressing?
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