Many reasons are given, it’s
just entertainment, I close my eyes in the bad parts, there are only a few bad
parts-and they’re really not that
bad. I’m old enough to not be influenced by it. They only kill zombies, which don't really exist anyway. I even hear many say, “It
doesn’t have any sex in it, only language, or only violence—but it is the 'good-guy taking down the bad-guy' type of violence, not senseless violence.”
(I’ve even been known to say such things.)
Some even share these
entertainments with their children. Others say, “no way, they aren’t old enough
for that.”
Think about that for a minute.
So we protect our children from spiritually corrosive influences because they
are violent, sexual or have bad language. We believe in our hearts that in
order to keep our children pure and unstained from the world we must keep such
things from their lives. We believe the violence, sex and language affect their
personality and perceived belief of how to act and respond in the world. We
believe it affects their spirit.
I would ask, why is it different
for adults? Why is it we think that as we get older we can be surrounded and
even invite such influences into our lives without any negative effect on our
spirit? The truth is that every influence in our lives adds to and builds our
character and personality. Every choice we make either strengthens or weakens
our closeness to the spirit. You can’t check your testimony at the door of the
movie house, or the redbox or couch, and expect it to be the same when you pick
it up again. If you congratulate yourself for watching only a kind of bad movie, instead of a really bad one, then you're missing the Mark.
If it’s not good enough for our
kids, then maybe it isn’t good enough for us, too. Just think of all the free time you'll have!
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