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>>>>> "ICarlos843" == ICarlos843  <ICarlos843@aol.com> writes:

    ICarlos843> When the apostles preached to the Sanedrin in Acts
    ICarlos843> 4:13 the the Jews marveled because they spoke with
    ICarlos843> boldness. Eventhough the apostles were uneducated and
    ICarlos843> untrained the jews perceived they were with Jesus
    ICarlos843> because they sounded like Jesus, they preached like
    ICarlos843> him. They preached Christ- like and We don't find in
    ICarlos843> scripture that Jesus used any terms or words that were
    ICarlos843> undecent, there fore we should follow the example of
    ICarlos843> Jesus' way of preaching regardless of our background
    ICarlos843> or race,or character. I don't doubt that someone could
    ICarlos843> be effective using undecent words,but maybe they would
    ICarlos843> be more effective if they din't.

Lets talk for a minute about the word in question here: "fag".  It is
a contraction for "fagot":

Webster Definition for "fagot"

1. fag.ot or fag.got \'fag-*t\ n [ME fagot, fr. MF] : BUNDLE : as : a
bundle of sticks

 Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is
    withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they
    are burned.

The term fag reminds us that those who do these thing will be cast
into the fire and burned:

 Isa 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men
    that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither
    shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all
    flesh.

Because of this etiological association, I feel that "fag" is an
altogether appropriate word to use when preaching on this subject.
There is nothing undecent about it, except that the behaviour that it
refers to is undecent -- indeed, it is sin!  Should we therefore not
preach against sin?  God forbid!

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