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Why We Shouldn't Swear Religious Words

We tend to reach outside of the system of meaning in order to express something which is beyond expression. And so we'll reach up and will reach down, and will mix them together. We're taking religious things and we're pulling them into the he this, this darker aspect. That's why both of them tend to be used in swearing. But if we can understand why that happens, was not arbitrary at all, that is so powerful. So christ manifests those two at the same time all the time. He does it in a way that doesn't destroy the world.

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