Misusing The Nane Of God

My next-door neighbor yelped in pain one day,
Followed by, "Satan dammit all to hell!"
I dashed off, hoping to help him some way,
Seeking to learn what provoked such a yell.
Hammer on ground; thumb in mouth; cause was clear;
His choice of words, though, was still in my mind.
"The name of God we would normally hear,"
I said; "It's used in matters of this kind."
A smile replaced the thumb; he answered me,
"That's true, Bill, but I'm a Christian, you see;
God's Third Commandment says we must refrain
From misusing His many names in vain!
We should not curse, no matter the sharp pain;
To add His name makes us doubly profane!"

I hadn't thought of that---we're so accustomed to hearing sacred names attached to curse words that it sounds awkward when Satan or Lucifer is substituted. But why not? God wasn't the cause of my neighbor's pain; Satan is more likely to be the root of it. I guess cursers think their sacrilege makes their rebuttal exclamation to a stupid accident more rebutting! The Ten Commandments, though, are not meant for Christians only to obey---they are God's natural laws, meant as a basis for any nations legal system. In modern America we seem to have decided to omit the first four, which apply to our responsibilities to God; come to think of it, we have dropped the Sixth--"Thou shall not murder", because we legally abort(kill) 4000 innocent unborn babies every day in this country. Don't be misled; abortion is not a political issue---it is a moral one, and God has judged us for it. He is holding back our punishment just as long as we help Israel, His Chosen People.

Please excuse my getting away from the sin of cursing, but, to me, murdering a helpless child is about as low as a nation can get, but that's what this nation does. Christians are always puzzled about why America has gone so immoral; it is hard for me to see why the puzzlement, when the government allows abortion and same-sex marriage. I haven't written on the Sixth yet, because I can't imagine a poem that goes with murdering babies!