You know, Dove Chocolate gives terrible advice. It's nice to open a piece of chocolate and have a sweet little fortune-cookie-esque comment inside the wrapper, but those comments have gotten progressively worse since they started printing those little things. The Dove chocolate is by far my favorite brand, but I am glad I don't live my life according to the principals they promote.
Check this one out:
"Forget the rules and play by your heart," it says. Sure, it sounds great, but what terrible advice! I mean, if everyone followed their heart no matter the consequences... All I can do is shake my head. What a relativistic quagmire we've fallen into! This kind of stuff is only part of the reason society has so many ills - no one seems able to locate their self control any more. One guy decides that his heart wants something that isn't his (like his buddy's car) and one woman decides that her best friend's husband floats her boat more than her own husband does after ten years and two point five kids... yeah, following your heart isn't what it's cracked up to be. You get a fleeting moment of pleasure and then have to deal with the (often major) consequences.
And don't get me started on the views that are promoted through every Disney movie I've ever seen - the idea that people are inherently good and that anything you need to change your situation or your life is within yourself. Don't believe me? Don't just take my word for it. Pick up an armful of Disney animated (or live action) movies at the rental store and see what I'm talking about. Even "Pollyanna" and other such classics are saturated with those unsubstantiated ideas.
America's been swallowing this stuff whole for so long that most people don't even see it any more. I mean, look at prime time TV. Be on your toes - watch the next sitcom and tell me how many innuendos you pick up on (more importantly, how many did you miss?) - how many swear words can you count? Immoral situations? Questionable ethical practices or how about simply counting each time they make people who believe in Christ look stupid or dangerous or hateful? When you sit down to watch your favorite TV show, notice that it is saturated with that stuff and you've been so desensitized that you haven't noticed...
Yeah, so, that's why I've turned off that one-eye'd god and have tried to do other things with my time. It's surprising how much more time you have in a day when you're not playing human-vegetable.
Check this one out:
And don't get me started on the views that are promoted through every Disney movie I've ever seen - the idea that people are inherently good and that anything you need to change your situation or your life is within yourself. Don't believe me? Don't just take my word for it. Pick up an armful of Disney animated (or live action) movies at the rental store and see what I'm talking about. Even "Pollyanna" and other such classics are saturated with those unsubstantiated ideas.
America's been swallowing this stuff whole for so long that most people don't even see it any more. I mean, look at prime time TV. Be on your toes - watch the next sitcom and tell me how many innuendos you pick up on (more importantly, how many did you miss?) - how many swear words can you count? Immoral situations? Questionable ethical practices or how about simply counting each time they make people who believe in Christ look stupid or dangerous or hateful? When you sit down to watch your favorite TV show, notice that it is saturated with that stuff and you've been so desensitized that you haven't noticed...
Yeah, so, that's why I've turned off that one-eye'd god and have tried to do other things with my time. It's surprising how much more time you have in a day when you're not playing human-vegetable.
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