Website owner: James Miller
Q. Moral erosion and breakdown. By what process is it brought
about?
A. One main way is through repeated exposure to badness and
evil. Example: lustful, lewd pictures, scenes or ideas
brought repeatedly to one's attention, as on TV
advertisements and shows. The continual repetition keeps
these on top of one's mind and doesn't let you forget them.
The best way is to keep these kinds of things away from your
mind. They then tend to fade away from your thinking and
awareness and your mind becomes cleaner and more wholesome.
The secret is avoiding. Avoid sin. Stay away from it.
Avoid obscenity and profanity. Avoid impurity. Repeated
association with evil brings an acceptance of it, a sick
and calloused conscience.
Feb 1978
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