Blasphemy

I’m somehow drawn to writing about this today because I have noticed that there is so much blasphemy in the programmes we watch now. It is slipping in regularly to conversations people are having and used as the ‘go to’ swear words when people want to emphasise their feelings. I can’t watch a programme if it contains blasphemy – something inside me cringes every time I hear the Lord’s name used for the wrong reasons.

I do wonder if people have become desensitised to hearing blasphemy around them – if you surround yourself with people who use it as a matter of course and watch television with actors constantly blaspheming then you will cease to notice it or feel deep inside you how bad it is.

It is difficult to stand up to people doing this, especially if they are friends, but maybe it is time now to start rebelling against this constant onslaught. I have been thinking about how to tackle this and of course, we can always start with people we speak to, but I also think it would be good to complain when programmes are aired that it is offensive and that it shouldn’t be allowed.

I do wonder where our church leaders are in all of this, why aren’t they speaking out more. Maybe they are but it isn’t being reported on enough. I remember a long time ago we had a lady called Mary Whitehouse in the UK who used to complain about the lack of censorship on programmes and this was when it was much tamer than it is now. People ridiculed her and I even found myself questioning her right to demand censorship; but now, we need many more of that kind of person making a stand against blasphemy and other offensive content on our television and on the internet. I believe it is causing many issues in society including mental health issues. What we put into our minds does have a deeper effect than we realise. Our children are deeply affected also by what they are seeing and hearing in ways we might not see on the surface.

Do your best is all that can be asked of you and from a small amount of people voicing their opinions, this can grow and hopefully we can make a difference.

God bless you and make you fruitful in all that you do in His name. x