as I thought, no college and no school. both do indoctrinate and don't think your church that has a college to it wont teach evolution. some don't and most do.
as a far as indoctrinate? what exactly church doesn't. we are merely choosing what to indoctrinate. this is right because I say so. until the child sees that for himself that is exactly what it is.
so how exactly would you tell your kids not to watch nickelodeon and not hang out with the kids of gays? if they do then what is to make then not see that you might be wrong and how is it indoctrination to watch a show that paints a good side of that or doesn't as some might be honest and show it all(some shows have done that). and not be the same with that persons kids.
answer that and you will see that a show cant make you do something that you don't have a disposition to do already. I wasn't made bi in the 1980s by watching tv then. I was raised a jw. that meant(not that we were perfect on this) no college, no blood donation, no violent shows, secular music.how did I have since age 10 have some urge to like boys? I wasn't abused by a man or raped. kindly tell me how that is to be? I didn't know any bi boys then or gay. yet I had that urge.
one can go back to the time of betty boop and find sin being pushed. betty boop is a flapper. google what a flapper was. she was also a pin up during ww2. I know a lot about betty boop. I watched a ton of her and felix the cat. that and monica collected her items. I also , and I say again don't watch movies. I know all that is going on but im also very pragmatic on this. each must see it and we also must verify that it is indeed a problem. sometimes we are over reacting.
gasp theres magic in tolkeins trilogy, and the hobbit, and also cs.lewis stuff. some of that can be bad. if it is for you then don't watch it!i can and it doesn't affect me at all. what affects me most is some girl where short shirts or being attractive. going to the beach can be hard on me as far fighting temptation.
I'll just put this here one more time.
Jesus was the
friend of sinners. He didn't partake in sin. He did say "a city on a hill cannot be hid" and "neither doth a man light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick and
it giveth light unto all that are in the house". Yes, we can be influenced. But faith in Christ, and staying in the word should keep our path firm.
Jesus came for the sick, not the whole... He came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
The proverbs gives wisdom by the way on discerning who to hang out with:
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
See Proverbs chapters 1, 7, and 9
Let God's word dictate what you do and help discern what you should expose yourself to:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:4
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not |
You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is good for you. You say, "I am allowed to do anything"--but not everything is beneficial. 1 Cor. 10:23 KJV;NLT
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12
