I watched the first few episodes of Netflix’s Stranger Things 3; the season had an interesting Invasion of the Body Snatchers theme. Unfortunately, the writers’ must have been unaware of any term (whether dictionary based or slang) to convey shock, surprise or irritation….save for taking the Lord Jesus Christ’s name in vain. Multiple characters took the Lord’s name in vain over & over again; finally, I terminated my viewing of the TV show as a result.
I have heard the same here or there in real life (and I hate it when I hear just the same), but not nearly close to the frequency I hear it on movies, TV shows & Netflix. It is as if they have a goal of incorporating blasphemy into the everyday English language. Perhaps they have an evil hope that if people hear that garbage enough on their TV shows, they will accept it & robotically regurgitate it?
There were zero mainstream articles about Stranger Things 3 ad nauseam use of our Lord’s name in vain; however, there were an abundance of articles condemning the routine smoking of cigarettes on the show. Thus, taking the Lord’s name in vain ad nauseam was acceptable, but the smoking of cigarettes on screen is of grave concern? The situation is not happenstance–it is a purposeful inversion.
Mark 7:15 “There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.”
THE EXILE OBSERVER 