Many People over the years have been voicing concern over the
psychological mentality of the modern day generation. People are
becoming more impersonal to levels even involving their families and
don't quite understand why it is occurring. We live in a generation
where pleasure is gratified on a whim and we receive it at lightning
fast speeds. This American instant gratification addiction would seem
like such a heavenly blessing to someone in a rural country setting
without all the luxuries of the modern fast paced world.
Are Americans really drunk on the wrath of their fornications, are
we all guilty of this sin, because of the overwhelming opportunity
constantly manifesting before our eyes? How exactly is it effecting us?
Are we not paying attention?
In modern day Germany, we still see a highly disciplined society
that pays attention to just about everything, and to us, it seems like a
snails pace, drives us nutty to wit, we make comments about being at
our grandparents house. Why is that? German technology is (LG) is some
of the best hardware a person can buy in the world and there is a reason
for that. The people there take their time and do not rush things
whereby not concerning themselves with instant gratification like we do.
We have become so intoxicated with our pleasure that it is clouding our
logical judgments. It seems lawlessness abounds in our land, and being
that we are realizing that we are part of the same sin, we are having a
difficult time trying to convince others to curtail their addictions. As
we have appeared the same way others do who suffer from entertainment
addiction how do we find our way out of this mess, stumbling around and
all.
First of all, we need to look at the root of what entertainment
addiction is and how it transformed American society into a wicked
adulterous generation. Firstly, if we know everything about the things
that we do, before we do them, then we don't make assumptions about what
we are doing, thereby feeling more accomplishment and sound mind. Now
let's take into consideration the elements of society that are addicted
to receiving everything the quick and easy way. Do they care to know
anything about what it is they consume or participate in just as long as
its gives them momentary pleasure? Would that not heighten the level of
juvenile superego (constantly making assumptions) thus rendering the
receiver of consumption incomplete? When we think out our years of
television and computer use, can we say we really know everything about
the inner workings of that technology, but just blindly use it for
entertainment? Is it the same way with our food, the words politicians
use to woo us into an abstract ideal that obeys no physical
characteristic of God's real world crashing down upon us because we
don't understand it? How do we find our way out of all this abomination.
Years ago, in the 1980's, there was a governor in Texas named, Mark
White. This man was a dedicated believer in the educational role of
parents and schools in the State of Texas. Believe it or not, he was a
Democrat. A far cry from the lesser ideals of the modern day Democrat,
Mark White, coined a concept that could of saved our very way of life
that Christian fathers intended for Texas, "NO PASS, NO PLAY." I was
around in the 80's and I remember this new call for discipline was not
welcomed by many people that I knew as they were already infected by
entertainment addiction. As it seemed like a really good idea to me at
the time, I witnessed almost everyone I knew become affected by the
rejection of this really powerful message the governor was trying to the
people.
My question I leave with you all is, "Knowing we could not possibly
elect a principled man of this likeness in this generation, what can we
do as Christians to help ween people off their entertainment addictions
without seeming overbearing in our efforts, knowing we have stumbled as
much as all others who suffer as well?