"I tell you, on the day of the judgment, men will render account for every careless word they utter." Really? A number of questions arise immediately when one hears that statement. One has to do with the logistics of accounting. A lot of careless words are spoken. Are we to believe that God (or some of his assistants!) keeps a verbatim record of all of these words and then confronts each person with the ones he or she has spoken at the final reckoning?

Another question involves the justice of such a policy. Are there not so many other things more important than the careless words one speaks that one may become guilty of majoring on the minors by concentrating on keeping inappropriate careless words from slipping out of one’s mouth? We can understand why we should have to do some accountin…