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Text Box: - remembering that damage is self inflicted - is equaled by the damage done through absorption and acceptance of the opinions of uninformed idiots. The amount of time wasted in blogs, twittering, texting, and such, and the corruption of the processes by which we educate ourselves strangle out intellect and intellectual processes, creating masses of people who are “brain dead” but still walking around - well, texting - they do not seem to walk very much if their average girth is considered. The erosion of the mental capacity and processes also erodes the processes of spiritual life. While it is possible that the immoral or the drivel from TV or the Web may induce mental and spiritual aversion or repugnance towards such material, thus strengthening the soul and mind against such material and concepts, it is more likely that repeated exposure to such material will result in at least tacit acceptance of such material. Blogs and twittering are InterNet examples of such acceptance. TeleVision is awash with many more examples of such acceptance. The reality programs, which actually have nothing to do with reality but are termed reality programs because the characters usually are portrayed by individuals who are not professional actors and actresses, in actuality are noting more than the action versions of Seinfeld. And Seinfeld is a TV program about a bunch of people who do nothing, and they do it badly. The characters accept every form of immorality, and participate in every form of immorality provided their participation is accomplished with the minimum of exertion acceptable to each character. Its aficionados and devotees declare it to be sophisticated humor requiring an advanced intellect for full appreciation. They may not be aware their advanced intellects have been corrupted by continued exposure to propaganda promoting immorality, and their very viewing provides financial support to the promotion of the immorality portrayed in the program.

Text Box: They have allowed the devil to sucker punch them, and they do not even know the sucker punch has landed. Another TV program with which viewers place the hangman’s noose about their necks and choke off their moral sensitivity is Two and a Half Men. The stories revolve around a character played by Charlie Sheen, who is a hedonist who earns his living by writing jingles - especially children’s jingles, whose divorced brother and the brother’s pre-teen / young teens son come to live with Sheen. It is much better written, directed, and delivered than Seinfeld, the actor playing the character of the son having a comedic timing and “dead pan” delivery reminiscent of Jack Benny. But the humor and situations are at best vulgar, apparently having every episode involving Sheen in some immoral sexual escapade, presenting every form of pleasure oriented immorality as being acceptable. At the very least viewing this program provides financial support for its purveyors of filth, and its viewers should remember that those who wallow in filth become filthy. (It would be terrible for Sheen if this is the work for which he is remembered.) Once someone becomes accustomed to viewing such material or to participating in the more wasteful and immoral InterNet activities, breaking from the accustomed activity is very difficult, as is realization of the need so to do. We must continually remind ourselves that we feed our souls with everything with which we come in contact. Unlike our bodies, which when poisoned usually provide some dramatic indication of poisoning, our souls require assessment if their status is to be determined. When a limb is rotted with gangrene it gives off a stench and possesses a very disturbing appearances. But a poisoned soul is not always as obvious. Ref: Rom 6:19-23; Mat. 7:15-21 +

Text Box: GOOD STEWARDSHIP IS NEVER ACCOMPLISHED BY FOOLISH, NONSENSICAL STATEMENTS OR POSITIONS When one hears a religious leader, especially one who is or is supposed to be or is presumed to be within and part of the true church, make an inane statement such as, “Religious freedom is the path to peace,” and then expound on the determent inflicted when religious freedom is restricted, and the benefits and good which emanate from “somewhere” when everyone is encouraged to practice what ever religious beliefs they desire - when this occurs be advised that the one making the promulgation is not or is no longer part of the true church, does not speak for the true church, and betrays Christ in making the promulgation. Such a person is an unworthy servant - and actually is not a servant of Christ at all but rather is an adversary of Christ. One should support freedom to practice various religions solely for the purpose of insuring one is able to practice the true religion, to practice the true faith. One should always be leery of allowing a government to interfere with one’s personal decisions which do not effect others, and thus it is prudent to support freedom to practice religion. But the freedom to practice religion is the not path to peace, has nothing to do with peace, and provides an unwarranted and undeserved level of respect for false religions and false beliefs. Leaders of false religions, and members of the true faith who in effect state one religion is as good as another, have betrayed God and so done knowingly. They betray the trust their followers have placed in them to lead morally, in that these leaders in effect are telling their followers: “Take the list of sins and scratch out the ones you like or wish to do. Scratch our adultery if you wish, and leave in sodomy as a sin if you wish. Rewrite murder to

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