As American's we are used to accepting people as they are. We don't want to offend anyone. And we don't like to stand up and say, "hey don't do that it offends me and what I believe."
For example cussing. As Christian, we believe (whether you know it or not) that it is a sin to use vulgar language. Yet exposing ourselves to it, we have become desensitized to it. We no longer care if people around us cuss, as long as we don't partake in the sin we are fine. That is wrong. At least I think so. I know that I am very guilty in this area. I went to a public high school right across from a university. Students there partook in various drugs, sexual activities, cussing, drinking, and everything else imaginable. I got used to everyday someone cussing people out in the halls, or someone doing drugs, or someone else getting caught going a little to far on campus. It stopped bothering me. I wasn't doing it so I didn't care.
That's what's wrong with Christians today. We just don't care anymore. As long as we stay in line, then everything is fine. Quoting my mother, "it's not just whether you do it or not, it's the company you keep." Didn't God even say something like that?
Just because you aren't doing it, if you are around it enough, it's going to stop bothering you. Why?
People joke about how naive I am sometimes. Or about how I am such a child. Know why? It's because I don't understand drug slang terms, I don't understand what people mean when they talk about sex or make jokes about it, I don't cuss at all, I don't understand what a lot of bad words mean, and I don't think any of it is okay to do. Is that cause to joke at? No. It's something to be proud of. I haven't let peers and society seep into me and convince me that it's okay to let these things go as long as I don't do them.
I'm not sure if all of this is making sense. I just basically wanted to say don't let society say it's okay to let things go. Don't become so used to something that you once considered bad that now you don't let it even bug you. Stay firm in what you believe in. If Christians started acting like Christians and followed through with what we believe, then maybe we could see something awesome happen in this country. Don't let yourself become desensitized to what God has said is wrong.
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