Does anyone care about Lord’s name anymore?

Is it just me or do others feel uncomfortable with the taking of God’s name in vain, or does it not matter anymore?
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Letter to the editor

In a woke, politically-correct cancel culture world using the wrong word can get you mobbed on social media or even cost you your career!

It seems to roll of the tongue with young people, blissfully ignorant of how people of faith might be thinking.

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in fact the shortened three letter version is routinely used in TV shows to denote “big wow” items.

My phone has just suggested it to me unsolicited from predictive text function

Perhaps everyone could spare a thought for people of faith who actually have feelings also, believe it or not.

Brian Gibson, Comber

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