
Originally Posted by
Robittybob1
Putting Beliefs + of Christians + regarding + curses as a Google search brings up 11,100,000 results, so how many lifetimes of reading in that?
My next trepidation was who defines what a Christian believes for I would imagine there is a vast variety of teachings on this topic out there.
But can we get a handle on it, and why has it changed?
Are there any Christians left on this site? Help me out and tell me what you believe (or have been taught), thanks.
A good starting point is to get the definition of the word (In this study I would like to keep the discussion to the first use of the word. I have removed some of the meaning of the word.)
Google definition:
curse
noun
1. a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something.
"she'd put a curse on him"
synonyms: malediction, the evil eye, imprecation, execration, voodoo, hoodoo;
a cause of harm or misery.
"impatience is the curse of our day and age"
synonyms: evil, blight, scourge, plague, cancer, canker, poison
antonyms: blessing, advantage
2. an offensive word or phrase used to express anger or annoyance.
"at every blow there was a curse"
synonyms: swear word, expletive, oath, profanity, four-letter word, dirty word, obscenity, imprecation, blasphemy, vulgarism, vulgarity;
verb
verb: curse; 3rd person present: curses; past tense: cursed; past participle: cursed; gerund or present participle: cursing
1. invoke or use a curse against.
"it often seemed as if the family had been cursed"
synonyms: put a curse on, put the evil eye on, execrate, imprecate, hoodoo;
be afflicted with.
"many owners have been cursed with a series of bankruptcies"
synonyms: be afflicted with, be troubled by, be plagued with, suffer from, be burdened with, be blighted with, be bedevilled by ...
antonyms: be blessed with
2. utter offensive words in anger or annoyance.
"he cursed loudly as he burned his hand"
synonyms: swear, utter profanities, utter oaths, use bad/foul language, be foul-mouthed, blaspheme, be blasphemous, take the Lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn;
Trying to get a lead into the topic and discovered this really woo woo video "5 Ancient Curses Still Haunting People Today" I remembered two of them only.