Is the use of "curse" words ever acceptable?

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Brad Murphy

Thanks, this helps me a great deal too... I've been very frustrated that some of my questions and conversations were not taken seriously in the past, this helps me to understand why.

Unfortunately, for those of us who question some of the more basic things, that means both sides are wasting their time discussing issues where one side is not willing to think outside of a certain "safe" area... (because to them the matter is settled without any thought even required - kinda like not questioning a default setting when the default setting works just fine for that person) and means that I have been correct in backing off my postings over the past couple of years on these forums.

There are many things that I have questioned my entire life, and felt that no one was willing to try to answer them... now I find that it is not that they are not willing to answer them, it is more that they do not accept the question as valid in the first place... so there is no point in trying to answer them.

I believe this new understanding is going to help me to finally let go of some things, so thank you for that. It doesn't change the fact that I have questions, just that I'm not looking in the right place for answers.... and it is probably best that I move on. This isn't a goodbye post... more like an "I concede that the answers I am looking for will not be found here" post... so will stop asking those questions here.

At some point I passed the "I'm one of you but am just trying to understand" point, and have moved more towards the "He's not one of us or else he would not be asking these questions in the first place" point.

Brad, do you believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God?