From Boaz Ministries
There was a time when the subliminal messages in advertising
were more difficult to discern than now. Big companies hired top consumer behavior
experts, well versed in the psychology of marketing, to increase their profit
margins by any means necessary. And it was discovered that children were the
best way to get adults to spend money on products. That method still works well. However, adults
are just as vulnerable and will “buy” whatever the next big thing is. We buy
into more than just products. We also absorb media-produced social images. The battle between the sexes, where Mom is
smart and Dad is weak and to be ignored, promoting disrespect of fathers and
distortion of the male role to the point where some women think they don’t require
a man – just a sperm donor; the exploiting of young children in the various “stage
mom” type reality shows; the mass sexualizing (and therefore desensitization)
in print ads on billboard signs, etc. Sexual innuendos that are way over the top,
and completely inappropriate in simple plumbing commercials! And don’t get me
started on what’s happening in so-called “music” today.
No, the attack on the family and our relationships is in our
faces now. Parents wanting to raise
their children in a safe and wholesome environment, free from media molestation
(and what’s seeping into the schools via lesson plans), have stiff competition out
there. Couples who strive to live in
accordance to God’s will and not the societal norms, will have to redouble
their efforts. Anybody living in this
world - who doesn’t have a strong grasp on their Faith - may run the risk of
assimilation into this ever devolving “New World Order”. This thought process where right is wrong and
wrong is right, and if you’re not true to your “self”, you are not being “authentic”….
This world where sin lines are blurring into oblivion; do what you feel and do
it till you’re satisfied. The trick is –
the flesh is never satisfied. The truth is, God can and will hold us together
and make us whole, if we allow Him.
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