Abolish Misusing God's Name in Movies

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Motion Picture Association of America

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When people hear swearing, it doesn't just go through one ear and out the other. It sticks in your brain and plays it over and over again. Movies are the biggest influence of swearing. It's where most of it comes from. Cursing is in movies so that people will like the film better, but in a lot of cases, the swearing is completely pointless, and the audience would rather not hear the fowl language. It's totally unfair that God's name is misused in movies. It is disrespect not only to God, but also to all the millions who believe in God.

My goal is to get rid of misusing God's name--such as "O my God" and "Jeez"--and the word 'damn' from PG and PG-13 rated movies.

It's very hard for kids and teens to cleanse their minds and flush out all the bad stuff. Help it become a little easier.

It is unjust how God's name is abused in movies. Cursing God in movies influences so many people into doing so too. We, the undersigned, are protesting so that you will consider to make sure no misuse of the Lord's name--such as 'O my God' and 'Jeez'--and the word 'damn' will be in PG and PG-13 rated movies. It is a great disrespect to God and all the millions of people who believe in God. Do not dishonor us anymore. Please. We ask that you abolish disgrace to God's name in movies. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

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We signed the "Abolish Misusing God's Name in Movies" petition!

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12:04 am PDT, Oct 30, April Corbett, South Carolina

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10:50 am PDT, Oct 26, Tristan Lestat, Alabama

# 32:

11:11 pm PDT, Sep 28, Millie Delaney, California
Their is no need for curslng in movies. I have seen movies where the name of God was unnecessarily used so much that I lost track of the plot of the film; and left totally irritated and dissatified with the movie.

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7:44 pm PDT, Sep 28, Shenita Etwaroo Neon Rese, New York

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11:01 am PDT, Sep 27, Hannah Fuller, Indiana

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5:56 pm PDT, Sep 13, Deborah Lilley, Pennsylvania

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12:32 pm PDT, Aug 30, Claire Barclay, Illinois

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7:02 pm PDT, Aug 26, Gary Gustafson, Colorado
To me saying the Lords name in vain is worse than other profanity--even R rated profanity.

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7:10 am PDT, Aug 18, David Imm, Alabama
Please sign my petition to take GD off of TV.... http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/love-and-respect-god

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6:25 am PDT, Aug 17, Raymond Zaracki, Nebraska

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12:42 pm PDT, Aug 16, Daniel Fahrendorff, Minnesota

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9:10 am PDT, Aug 7, Andrew Newman, Russian Federation

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2:05 am PDT, Jul 31, John Jackson, South Carolina
John Jackson

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7:58 pm PDT, Jul 30, Cassandra Rethwisch, Nebraska
Thank you for making this! I have been thinking this for a few years, but have done nothing to stop it!

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9:17 pm PDT, Jul 20, James Duffy, Canada
I whole heartedly agree that God's name has no place being used in a disrespectful manner in movies, etc.. When I hear his name being abused the question I ask myself what has God have to do with it ??

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7:30 am PDT, Jul 20, GARY GUINAN, Texas

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8:43 am PDT, Jul 16, Said Nadeem, Germany
God is the creature of all the universe and everything. God gave us a very beautiful body and God in Quran says "we produced human in a beautiful morph". Show respect to God and his prophets and dont forbid these things

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5:42 pm PDT, Jul 15, Crystal LAX, California

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12:31 pm PDT, Jul 15, Elizabeth Telford, Texas

# 15:

5:40 pm PDT, Jul 13, Annette Baeb, Wisconsin
There is no reason that creative writers need to include cursing in their scripts. Let us learn to stop tolerating expressions of disrespect. We must urge the media to be inspired by vocabularies that properly articulate in ways that are not offensive and sinful. This is NOT the entertainment that I subscribe to, nor accept and pay for!

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12:17 pm PDT, Jul 13, Jessica Kelly, California

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12:30 am PDT, Jul 13, Eva Eberhardt, California

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8:58 pm PDT, Jul 12, Traci Anderson, Wisconsin

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11:48 pm PDT, Jul 11, Name not displayed, Texas

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12:40 pm PDT, Jul 11, Edward Willis, Florida

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10:26 pm PDT, Jul 10, Phoebe Hubbard, California
The right to freedom of speech and expression is limited to exclude the use of durrogatory and racist remarks, because it is acknowledged that these expressions are hurtful, damaging, and offensive. I personally am more offended to hear the Lord's name taken in vain than to hear a curse against myself. Words are containers for power and they can be used to uplift people or tear them down, to bless or to curse, to inlighten or decieve. The excessive use of profanity in pop culture and movies is deeply distressing to me because it spreads negativity. The misuse of the Lord's holy name is even more distressing because it gives people who don't know any better and innocent children the very wrong impression that this is an acceptable thing to do. The bible tells us that "You shall not use (or) repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain." -Exodus 20:7, amplified version. Whether you personally believe this to be true or not, please show some respect for the many who do.

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9:29 pm PDT, Jul 10, Gwen Smith, Maine

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3:38 am PDT, Jul 10, JOHN DONAGHAN, United Kingdom

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5:21 pm PDT, Jul 9, Stephanie Parker, Idaho

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8:41 am PDT, Jul 9, Umar Bashir, Pakistan

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3:19 am PDT, Jul 9, Steve Klein, Virginia

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12:22 am PDT, Jul 9, Pam Boland, Georgia

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8:34 pm PDT, Jul 8, A Ramlakhan, Canada
It is astounding that almost 99.9% of movies misuse the LORD's name. I have wondered why Christians stand for this I say it is time to stop supporting these movie's and stop buying ticket's and dvd's to these movies.

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2:35 pm PDT, Jul 8, Claudia Ioannidou, Cyprus

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