A 2008 survey by The Barna Group asked adults which, if any, of eight behaviors with moral overtones they had engaged in during the past week. The behaviors included looking at pornography, using profanity, gambling, gossiping, engaging in sexual intercourse with someone to whom they were not married, retaliating against someone, getting drunk, and lying. Of those surveyed:

• Twenty-eight percent had used profanity.
  
  

According to an AP-Ipsos poll conducted in March of 2006, the use of profanity in American culture is increasing. Nearly 75 percent of people questioned said they encounter profanity in public either frequently or occasionally. Two-thirds said they think people swear more often than they did 20 years ago.

Not surprisingly, the respondents were more than "hearers of the words." Sixty-four percent said ...

Dangerous Minds is based on a true story about high school teacher LouAnne Johnson (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) making a difference in the lives of troubled but smart inner-city students. In this scene, while LouAnne is in front of her class teaching, the students are upset with her because they felt she "ratted" on three students for fighting. LouAnne asks them if they want to discuss the issue. ...

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, has lectured throughout this country on the powerful, and often negative, impact of words. He often asks audiences if they can go 24 hours without saying any unkind words about, or to, another person. Invariably, a small number of listeners raise their hands, signifying "yes." Others laugh, and quite a large number call out, "no!" ...

Facing the Giants is an evangelistic movie made by Alex and Stephen Kendrick that tells the story of a football coach's spiritual life. The movie has no drugs, no sex, and no profanity. Consequently, the filmmakers believed it would receive a G rating if ever reviewed by the Motion Picture Association of America.

However, after the movie was picked up by a distributor called Provident Films and scheduled ...

A Beautiful Mind tells the story of John Nash (Russell Crowe), who is a brilliant mathematician that struggles with mental instability. His marriage is a testimony of true love and commitment through years of trial, illness, and—finally—great success.

On the evening Nash proposes to his future wife, he shows up very late to the restaurant where he's supposed to meet her to celebrate her birthday. ...

Bruce Almighty is a movie about a self-centered man named Bruce Noland. Bruce lives as though the world revolves around him. His life dream is to be promoted to the anchor position at a local Buffalo news station.

Unfortunately, nothing goes right for Bruce. He doesn't get the anchor job, and his girlfriend dumps him.

After complaining loudly about the way God runs the universe, God meets with Bruce ...

Guess Who is a popular comedy about a young black woman and her white boyfriend. When Teresa brings her boyfriend home to visit her parents, her father has trouble accepting the situation.

The scene begins with a cab pulling up the driveway of Teresa's parents' home. As the family comes out of the front door, their daughter runs up and gives them a hug. Simon (Ashton Kutcher) is pulling luggage out ...

The highly regarded HBO miniseries Band of Brothers follows a company of U.S. paratroopers through the preparation and experience of invading Europe on D-Day. Based on real life interviews by survivors, the series captures both the intensity of war and the heroism of the troops.

The leadership of E Company was usually exemplary, but then someone at division headquarters sent down a new lieutenant to ...

Diary of a Mad Black Woman is a story about Helen McCarty who is married to Charles, a successful attorney. After 18 years of marriage, they seem to have everything except happiness. When Charles admits to an affair, he throws Helen out of their home with nothing but her clothes. Helen turns to her mother, her grandmother, and eventually to God to help her pick up the pieces.

In this scene, Helen (Kimberly ...